A controlled study to determine the efficacy of Loxostylis alata (Anacardiaceae) in the treatment of aspergillus in a chicken (Gallus domesticus) model in comparison to ketoconazole

Table 5 Haematological indices of broiler-chicks infected with A. Fumigatus and treated varying doses of crude extract of Loxostylis Alata

Serum haematology	Units	Dose administered (mg/kg)
		Neutral	50	100	200	PC (60)	UC
Haemoglobin (Hb)	g/dl	131.60 ± 1.93	134.33 ± 4.10	140.00 ± 2.92	133.14 ± 2.38	141.71 ± 5.97	138.00 ± 1.00
Red cell count (RCC)	x10¹²/L	2.43 ± 0.40	2.48 ± 0.11	2.60 ± 0.06	2.56 ± 09	2.70 ± 0.18	2.77 ± 0.10
HT (haematocrit)	l/l	0.34 ± 0.10	0.34 ± 01	0.35 ± 0.01	0.34 ± 01	0.36 ± 02	0.35 ± 0.01
Mean cell volume (MCV)	Fl	138.10 ± 1.06	139.00 ± 1.15	136.40 ± 3.75	134.43 ± 2.10	134.71 ± 3.31	125.50 ± 6.50
Mean cell haemoglobin (MCH)	Pg	54.14 ± 0.45	54.33 ± 0.94	53.80 ±0.86	52.29 ± 1.06	52.93 ± 1.40	50.00 ± 2.30
Mean cell haemoglobin concentration (MCHC)	g/dl	39.17 ± 0.28	39.10 ± 0.53	39.52 ± 0.52	38.90 ± 0.35	39.33 ± 0.29	39.95 ± 0.25
(Red cell distribution width) RDW		12.83 ± 0.13	13.53 ± 0.38	13.40 ± 0.57	14.07 ± 0.41	13.93 ± 1.04	14.30 ± 1.40
White cell count (WCC)	x10⁹/L	15.54 ± 2.13	18.80 ± 1.50	16.60 ± 3. 18	28.29 ± 6.60^a	29.43 ± 10.32^a	49.00 ± 13.21^b
Absolute neutrophil (total)	x10⁹/L	4.71 ± 0.96	8.82 ± 1.04	6.71 ± 2.58	13.04 ± 4.52^a	17.79 ± 7.65^a	26.28 ± 16.36^b
Absolute neutrophil (mature)	x10⁹/L	4.71 ± 0. 96	8.82 ± 1.04	6.71 ± 2.58	13.04 ± 4.52^a	17.79 ± 7.65^a	26.28 ± 16.36^b
Absolute neutrophil (immature)	x10⁹/L	0.00 ± 00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00

Neutral group are chicks that were not infected with A. fumigatus, and were also not treated. Positive control (TC); Untreated control (UC).
Means with differing superscript letters in the same row are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05).

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