Table 4 White blood cells parameters of fattening lambs before (PRE) and after (POST) road transport
Treatments
s.e.d.
P-value
TIME
CTRL
FS
QCT
FS-QCT
FS×QCT
TIME
FS
QCT
FS×QCT
TIME
1.90
0.61
0.015
0.809
0.673
<0.001
Total White
Blood Cells
(103/mm3)
PRE
21.7b
16.5a
19.8b
17.6a
POST
14.9ab
14.0ab
15.9b
13.2a
Lymphocytes
(103/mm3)
PRE
POST
13.1b
9.1
11.9ab
8.0
14.5b
8.8
9.8a
6.6
1.98
0.63
0.045
0.443
0.253
<0.001
Granulocytes
(103/mm3)
PRE
POST
6.01
6.31
5.61
5.80
6.03
6.50
5.10
5.91
0.620
0.149
0.175
0.944
0.752
0.004
Monocytes
(103/mm3)
PRE
POST
0.800
0.675
0.833
0.667
0.740
0.620
0.810
0.644
0.0887
0.0213
0.587
0.539
0.736
<0.001
PRE
0.492
0.636
0.502
0.828
0.1735
0.0528
0.059
0.200
0.405
<0.001
Granulocytes/
Lymphocytes
POST
0.797
0.916
0.897
1.236
-1
CTRL = control group (no antioxidants, 34 g palm oil kg TMR); FS = flaxseed group (85 g flaxseed kg-1 TMR); QCT = quercetin group (CTRL
plus 2 g quercetin kg-1 TMR); FS-QCT = flaxseed plus quercetin group (85 g flaxseed plus 2 g quercetin kg-1 TMR); s.e.d. = standard error of the
difference; a,b Different superscripts in the same row indicate statistical differences (P<0.05) between treatments. P-value = probability of
significant effects of flaxseed (FS), quercetin (QCT), their interaction (FS×QCT) and time (TIME).