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Table 3 Effects of propofol and clove oil anaesthesia on haematological indices in gold fish

From: Use of propofol as an anesthetic and its efficacy on some hematological values of ornamental fish Carassius auratus

Indices	Propofol	Clove oil	Control
Experiments
Erythrocyte (×10⁶)	3.20 ± 0.63a	4.33 ± 0.30a	3.43 ± 0.43a
Hb (g/dL)	5.20 ± 0.73a	25.39 ± 5.73b	15.41 ± 4.76b
HCT (%)	31.80 ± 2.90a	27.40 ± 1.28a	26.60 ± 2.00a
MCV (fl)	137.4 ± 31.15a	64.98 ± 6.68a	83.42 ± 14.86a
MCH (pg)	19.25 ± 4.34a	59.60 ± 1.43a	47.84 ± 15.14a
MCHC (%)	13.93 ± 1.36a	94.95 ± 24.50b	62.46 ± 21.90b
Leuko ( ×10⁴)	5.60 ± 0.97a	2.37 ± 0.95a	2.97 ± 0.63a

Groups with different alphabetic superscripts differ significantly at p < 0.05 (ANOVA).
Results are expressed as the mean ± SE; N = 20 for each concentration of anesthetic.

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