Table 2 Haematological profile of WAD goats fed treated maize cob- and maize husk-based diets with mixture of microorganisms
Parameters (%) | Diets | SEM | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maize cob | Maize husk | ||||||
A (0%) | B (20%) | C (30%) | D (0%) | E (20%) | F (30%) | ||
ESR (mm/h) | 0.75ab | 0.75ab | 0.50b | 1.00b | 0.50b | 0.50b | 0.06 |
Pack Cell Volume (%) | 27.50 | 29.00 | 29.00 | 24.00 | 26.67 | 32.33 | 1.03 |
Red Blood Cell (× 106/mm3) | 10.26 | 10.87 | 11.87 | 8.56 | 11.24 | 13.06 | 0.53 |
White Blood Cell (× 106/mm3) | 3.14 | 3.30 | 2.67 | 3.64 | 2.94 | 2.56 | 0.15 |
Haemoglobin (g/100 ml) | 9.15 | 9.65 | 9.65 | 8.00 | 8.90 | 10.80 | 0.35 |
Lymphocytes (%) | 60.50 | 60.50 | 60.50 | 62.00 | 60.67 | 59.33 | 0.33 |
Neutrophil (%) | 29.50 | 28.50 | 30.00 | 27.00 | 29.00 | 30.33 | 0.46 |
Monocytes (%) | 7.00 | 8.00 | 6.50 | 7.67 | 7.67 | 7.33 | 0.29 |
Eosinophil (%) | 2.00 | 2.50 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 2.33 | 0.12 |
Basophil (% | 1.00 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.13 |