Dietary Methanolic Extract of Fenugreek Enhanced the Growth, Haematobiochemical, Immune Responses, and Resistance against Aeromonas hydrophila in Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus
Table 6
Hematological indices (mean ± SEM) of Nile tilapia after 90 days of feeding on methanolic extract of fenugreek seed (FS).
Items
Methanolic extract of FS (%)
value
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
RBCs (10/mm3)
2.58 ± 0.02c
2.76 ± 0.04b
2.77 ± 0.07b
2.78 ± 0.05b
2.91 ± 0.03a
0.0073
Hb (g/100 ml)
7.76 ± 0.05c
8.21 ± 0.17b
8.34 ± 0.12b
8.41 ± 0.21b
8.92 ± 0.10a
0.003
PCV (%)
24.67 ± 0.33c
26.67 ± 0.33b
27.00 ± 0.58b
27.33 ± 0.67b
28.33 ± 0.33a
0.0034
MCV (fL)
95.60 ± 0.59
96.50 ± 0.67
97.34 ± 0.37
98.33 ± 0.60
97.26 ± 0.51
0.0557
MCH (pg)
30.11 ± 0.04a
29.71 ± 0.29b
30.10 ± 0.11a
30.28 ± 0.22a
30.64 ± 0.07a
0.0386
MCHC (g/dL)
31.28 ± 0.05
30.78 ± 0.33
30.93 ± 0.22
30.79 ± 0.05
31.51 ± 0.15
0.0832
WBCs (10/mm6)
15.64 ± 0.34c
16.79 ± 0.24b
16.82 ± 0.29b
17.08 ± 0.57b
19.40 ± 0.36a
0.0005
Lymphocyte (103)
11.31 ± 0.19b
13.14 ± 0.12b
12.84 ± 0.18ab
13.60 ± 0.41b
15.84 ± 0.28a
<0.0001
Monocyte (103)
1.20 ± 0.05
1.39 ± 0.05
1.12 ± 0.06
1.37 ± 0.14
1.49 ± 0.18
0.1997
Basophile (103)
0.26 ± 0.05
0.17 ± 0.10
0.28 ± 0.15
0.17 ± 0.01
0.06 ± 0.07
0.479
Eosinophil (103)
0.15 ± 0.01
0.11 ± 0.06
0.22 ± 0.06
0.11 ± 0.11
0.13 ± 0.07
0.7676
Neutrophil (103)
2.71 ± 0.16a
1.960 ± 0.17b
2.35 ± 0.09b
1.82 ± 0.17c
1.88 ± 0.09c
0.0051
Means within each raw of different superscripts are significantly different at .
