Research Article

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).

ItemsMethanolic extract of FS (%) value
00.050.10.150.2

RBCs (10/mm3)2.58 ± 0.02c2.76 ± 0.04b2.77 ± 0.07b2.78 ± 0.05b2.91 ± 0.03a0.0073
Hb (g/100 ml)7.76 ± 0.05c8.21 ± 0.17b8.34 ± 0.12b8.41 ± 0.21b8.92 ± 0.10a0.003
PCV (%)24.67 ± 0.33c26.67 ± 0.33b27.00 ± 0.58b27.33 ± 0.67b28.33 ± 0.33a0.0034
MCV (fL)95.60 ± 0.5996.50 ± 0.6797.34 ± 0.3798.33 ± 0.6097.26 ± 0.510.0557
MCH (pg)30.11 ± 0.04a29.71 ± 0.29b30.10 ± 0.11a30.28 ± 0.22a30.64 ± 0.07a0.0386
MCHC (g/dL)31.28 ± 0.0530.78 ± 0.3330.93 ± 0.2230.79 ± 0.0531.51 ± 0.150.0832
WBCs (10/mm6)15.64 ± 0.34c16.79 ± 0.24b16.82 ± 0.29b17.08 ± 0.57b19.40 ± 0.36a0.0005
Lymphocyte (103)11.31 ± 0.19b13.14 ± 0.12b12.84 ± 0.18ab13.60 ± 0.41b15.84 ± 0.28a<0.0001
Monocyte (103)1.20 ± 0.051.39 ± 0.051.12 ± 0.061.37 ± 0.141.49 ± 0.180.1997
Basophile (103)0.26 ± 0.050.17 ± 0.100.28 ± 0.150.17 ± 0.010.06 ± 0.070.479
Eosinophil (103)0.15 ± 0.010.11 ± 0.060.22 ± 0.060.11 ± 0.110.13 ± 0.070.7676
Neutrophil (103)2.71 ± 0.16a1.960 ± 0.17b2.35 ± 0.09b1.82 ± 0.17c1.88 ± 0.09c0.0051

Means within each raw of different superscripts are significantly different at .