Table 1 Blood parameters: comparison between GOS-treated and control foals throughout the 98 days of the experiment

Leukocytes

0.88

0.66

1.15

Lymphocytes

0.89

0.66

1.19

Mature granulocytes

0.89

0.62

1.28

Total protein²

1.03

0.94

1.13

Albumin (absolute values)

1.05

0.96

1.15

α-1 globulins (absolute values)

1.09

0.87

1.36

α-2 globulins (absolute values)

0.94

0.84

1.04

β-1 globulins (absolute values)

1.16

0.72

1.97

β-2 globulins (absolute values)

1.05

0.74

1.54

γ globulins (absolute values)

1.10

0.83

1.44

Albumin (% of total protein)

1.01

0.94

1.09

α-1 globulins (% of total protein)

1.05

0.83

1.36

α-2 globulins (% of total protein)

0.91

0.81

1.02

β-1 globulins (% of total protein)

1.09

0.74

1.61

β-2 globulins (% of total protein)

1.01

0.71

1.44

γ globulins (% of total protein)

1.07

0.87

1.30

IgA

1.02

0.66

1.55

IgM

1.20

0.72

1.99

IgG(a)

1.13

0.91

1.42

IgG(b)

1.77

0.66

4.99

IgG(T)

1.34

0.74

2.38