Table 1 Effect of inorganic and bacterial organic selenium on serum hematological parameters in broiler chickens

RBC × 10¹²/L

2.47 ^ab

2.25 ^b

2.47 ^ab

2.47 ^ab

2.64 ^a

0.05

0.037

1.82–3.46

HB g/L

114.3 ^ab

106.6 ^b

117.5 ^ab

118.0 ^ab

125.5 ^a

2.1

0.011

79–159

PCV L/L

0.277 ^ab

0.258 ^b

0.282 ^ab

0.280 ^ab

0.300 ^a

0.01

0.025

0.25-048

MCV Fl

112.8

115.0

114.0

113.3

113.5

0.75

0.912

100–200

MCHC g/L

411.5

413.5

416.3

421.7

419.0

2.68

0.820

376–456

WBC × 10 ⁹/L

39.5 ^a

28.2 ^bc

21.4 ^c

37.3 ^ab

18.7 ^c

2.73

0.006

13.84–37.82

Hetro × 10 ⁹/L

23.8

18.8

12.4

21.6

12.2

1.78

0.128

1.68–25.42

Lymp %

18.8

21.5

27.0

25.3

18.5

1.36

0.170

12.34–32.78

Mono %

8.3

6.0

7.5

7.0

5.5

0.66

0.768

2.52–12.3

Eosin %

2.8

2.5

3.0

3.7

3.0

0.28

0.797

2.06–3.89

Baso%

8.5

3.8

5.0

6.7

7.5

0.93

0.489

4.67–9.86

Thrombo × 10 ⁹/L

9.1

2.4

2.6

1.1

1.8

0.3

0.277

0.95–11.82