Table 2 Blood parameters: comparison between GOS-treated and control foals at day 28 (at the moment of PBMC isolation)

Leukocytes

0.85

0.47

1.57

Lymphocytes

0.83

0.60

1.15

Mature granulocytes

0.83

0.34

2.02

Total protein²

1.03

0.92

1.16

Albumin (absolute values)

0.99

0.87

1.14

α-1 globulins (absolute values)

1.01

0.77

1.33

α-2 globulins (absolute values)

1.06

0.82

1.36

β-1 globulins (absolute values)

1.18

0.68

2.02

β-2 globulins (absolute values)

1.14

0.63

2.01

γ globulins (absolute values)

1.11

0.61

2.02

Albumin (% of total protein)

0.96

0.87

1.08

α-1 globulins (% of total protein)

0.98

0.71

1.37

α-2 globulins (% of total protein)

1.03

0.81

1.29

β-1 globulins (% of total protein)

1.15

0.70

1.88

β-2 globulins (% of total protein)

1.10

0.62

1.95

γ globulins (% of total protein)

1.07

0.64

1.81

IgA

1.41

0.92

2.18

IgM

1.15

0.62

2.08

IgG(a) *

1.43

1.10

1.83

IgG(b)

2.14

0.58

7.99

IgG(T)

1.70

0.56

5.00