Age	Traits	Female	Male
9 weeks	^*PCV (%)	29.00 ± 4.00^b	33.12 ± 2.73^a
	^*WBC	28.90 ± 4.60^a	24.83 ± 3.15^b
	^*NEU (%)	12.50 ± 1.50^a	31.00 ± 3.37^b
	^*LYM (%)	87.00 ± 1.00^a	68.63 ± 3.43^b
	EOS (%)	0.00 ± 0.00	0.38 ± 0.18
	MON (%)	0.50 ± 0.50	0.00 ± 0.00
17 weeks
	PCV (%)	42.50 ± 1.50	41.75 ± 0.45
	WBC (×10³/µl)	36.10 ± 4.20	32.18 ± 1.92
	NEU (%)	30.00 ± 6.00	32.38 ± 3.56
	LYM (%)	63.00 ± 5.00	63.12 ± 3.61
	EOS (%)	2.50 ± 2.50	1.75 ± 1.03
	MON (%)	4.50 ± 1.50	2.75 ± 0.65
25 weeks
	^*PCV (%)	42.00 ± 0.00^a	38.33 ± 1.38^b
	^*WBC (×10³/µl)	41.00 ± 0.00^a	34.63 ± 1.94^b
	^*NEU (%)	22.00 ± 0.00^b	34.17 ± 2.66^a
	^*LYM (%)	72.00 ± 0.00^a	59.17 ± 2.17^b
	^*EOS (%)	3.00 ± 0.00^b	4.83 ± 0.65^a
	^*MON (%)	3.00 ± 0.00^b	5.17 ± 0.40^a