Effects of dietary supplementation with a carvacrol–cinnamaldehyde–thymol blend on growth performance and intestinal health of nursery pigs

Table 2 Hematology blood biochemistry of nursery piglets as affected by dietary CEO supplementation¹

Item	Con²	CEO	SEM	P-value	Reference ranges
WBC, 10⁹/L	27.30	27.78	0.24	0.841	11.6 ~ 39.7
RBC, 10¹²/L	7.14	6.90	0.12	0.627	1.4 ~ 8.9
HGB, g/L	114.80	111.40	1.70	0.608	25.0 ~ 152.0
HCT, %	38.72	38.78	0.03	0.984	8.2 ~ 49.5
MCV, fL	54.40	56.24	0.92	0.236	48.1 ~ 68.7
MCH, pg	16.04	16.16	0.06	0.853	15.0 ~ 19.5
PLT, 10⁹/L	446.80	502.80	28.00	0.268	27.0 ~ 529.0
MPV, fL	7.08	6.92	0.08	0.628	5.6 ~ 11.3
PCT, %	0.33	0.33	0.01	0.844	0.0 ~ 0.5

¹ White blood cell (WB), red blood (RBC), hemoglobin (HGB), hematocrit (HCT), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), platelet (PLT), mean platelet volume (MPV), thrombocytocrit (PCT)
²Control (Con): a based diet. CEO: Con + compound essential oil (contain 5% cinnamaldehyde, 5% carvacrol and 0.7% thymol). N = 100 total, n = 50 per supplementation

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