Control animals

Supplemented animals

p

Parameter

Mean

Standard Deviation

Mean

Standard Deviation

White cells (m/mm3)

♂4.32

♀2.98

♂1.21

♀0.48

♂4.54

♀5.27

♂1.32

♀1.40

♂NS

♀NS

Lymphocytes (m/mm3)

♂63.33

♀65.66

♂4.16

♀7.1

♂56.66

♀75.33

♂7.76

♀6.42

♂0.01 < p < 0.05*

♀0.01 < p < 0.05*

Monocytes (m/mm3)

♂1.33

♀2

♂0.57

♀0

♂4.33

♀1.33

♂4.04

♀0.57

♂NS

♀NS

Eosinophiles (m/mm3)

♂2.33

♀3

♂0.57

♀0

♂5

♀3.66

♂1

♀1.15

♂0.01 < p < 0.05*

♀NS

Basophiles (m/mm3)

♂0.66

♀0.66

♂0.57

♀0.57

♂0.33

♀0.66

♂0.57

♀0.57

♂NS

♀NS

Red blood cells (m/mm3)

♂7.62

♀7.16

♂0.49

♀0.22

♂7.66

♀7.17

♂0.42

♀0.42

♂NS

♀NS

Platelets (m/mm3)

♂619

♀590

♂240.9

♀69.19

♂476

♀553

♂169.99

♀28.82

♂NS

♀NS