Effect of different levels of Lepidium sativum L. on growth performance, carcass characteristics, hematology and serum biochemical parameters of broilers

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Table 4 Hematology of broilers fed different levels of garden cress seed powder

Parameters	Treatments				SEM	p value
Parameters	0GC	0.75GC	1.5GC	2.25GC	SEM	p value
Hb (g/100 mL)	8.38^c	9.67^a	8.89^bc	9.28^ab	0.21	0.002
PCV (%)	27.6^b	30.4^a	29.4^ab	29.2^ab	0.65	0.045
RBC (10⁶cells/mm³)	2.56^c	3.17^a	3.10^a	2.88^b	0.08	0.000
MCV (fL)	108^a	95.9^c	94.7^c	103^b	1.71	0.000
MCH (pg)	33.0^a	30.5^bc	29.1^c	32.3^ab	0.71	0.003
MCHC (%)	30.4	31.8	30.8	31.5	0.52	0.221
WBC (10³cells/mm³)	18.0^a	17.1^ab	15.1^b	16.1^ab	0.68	0.032

SEM standard error of the mean, Hb hemoglobin, PCV packed cell volume, RBC red blood cell, MCV mean corpuscular volume, MCH mean corpuscular hemoglobin, MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, WBC white blood cell, GC garden cress; 0GC Ration containing 0 % GC, 0.75GC 0.75 % GC, 1.5GC 1.5 % GC, 2.25GC 2.25 % GC
^abcMeans in a row with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05)