Table 4 Effect of the experimental diets and heat stress on the hematological counts of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).

From: A comparative study of effects of curcumin and its nanoparticles on the growth, immunity and heat stress resistance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Treatment

Indices

25 °C

40 °C

CON

CN50

CN100

C-N200

C50

C100

C200

SDM

CON

CN50

CN100

C-N200

C50

C100

C200

SDM

Leukocytes

34.99

32.77

36.51

32.41

38.02

38.22

50.56

6.45

49.86

53.01

57.44

53.39

54.11

61.05

80.39

11.17

Erythrocytes

2.21

2.00

1.92

1.86

2.04

2.05

1.98

0.15

1.86

2.03

1.56

1.82

1.91

1.89

1.86

0.25

HGB

5.90

5.70

5.25

5.70

5.40

5.65

5.95

0.50

5.40

6.55

4.50

6.30

5.45

6.55

5.75

0.83

HCT

29.10

31.75

32.25

31.20

30.50

29.95

28.25

2.70

31.80

33.45

26.50

31.65

28.95

32.55

30.15

3.79

MCV

131.60

158.30

167.55

169.05

150.15

146.00

142.70

17.24

171.75

165.50

168.00

172.30

153.35

172.50

162.20

11.97

MCH

26.65

28.35

27.40

30.65

26.60

27.60

30.00

2.27

29.00

32.70

28.95

34.55

28.50

34.75

30.95

3.38

MCHC

20.30

17.90

16.45

18.20

17.70

18.90

21.15

1.87

16.95

19.70

17.30

20.05

18.95

20.10

19.10

1.93

PLT

21.00

25.00

23.50

23.00

25.00

24.00

24.50

2.16

51.50

51.50

66.50

58.00

53.00

57.00

57.00

4.94

NEUT

5.70

5.30

5.85

5.30

5.90

6.75

15.05

3.53

17.60

16.90

17.55

16.55

17.15

20.40

36.15

7.11

LYMPH

83.25

84.10

83.75

82.10

85.15

81.90

74.30

3.64

71.45

71.50

71.60

73.80

71.45

66.76

49.35

8.32

MONO

1.80

1.10

2.45

2.15

1.25

0.80

0.35

0.99

1.00

0.40

1.25

0.55

1.15

1.05

0.75

0.37

EO

0.05

0.10

0.10

0.25

0.15

0.05

0.45

0.16

0.15

0.20

0.10

0.05

0.70

0.85

1.65

0.76

BASO

9.15

9.30

7.75

10.05

7.40

10.30

9.75

1.31

9.65

10.80

9.25

8.95

9.55

10.70

11.70

1.32

IG

0.05

0.10

0.10

0.15

0.15

0.15

0.10

0.086

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.10

0.00

0.25

0.40

0.17

Variation source

Heat stress

Diet

Interaction

Duncan HSD for diets

      

CON

CN50

CN100

CN200

C50

C100

C200

      

Two-way ANOVA

      

 Leukocytes

⁎⁎⁎

⁎⁎

*

b

b

b

b

b

b

a

      

 Erythrocytes

ns

ns

ns

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

      

 HGB

ns

ns

ns

ab

a

b

a

ab

a

a

      

 HCT

ns

ns

ns

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

      

 MCV

ns

ns

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

      

 MCH

**

ns

ns

b

ab

b

a

b

ab

ab

      

 MCHC

ns

ns

ns

ab

ab

b

ab

ab

ab

a

      

 PLT

***

ns

ns

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

      

 NEUT

***

⁎⁎⁎

ns

b

b

b

b

b

b

a

      

 LYMPH

***

⁎⁎⁎

**

a

a

a

a

a

b

c

      

 MONO

ns

ns

ns

ab

ab

a

ab

ab

ab

b

      

 EO

ns

ns

ns

b

b

b

b

ab

ab

a

      

 BASO

*

ns

ns

ab

ab

b

ab

b

a

a

      

 IG

ns

ns

ns

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

      
  1. SDM, pooled standard deviation of the mean.
  2. *P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01, ***P ≤ 0.001, ns non-significant.
  3. Significant differences are indicated by different letters (P ≤ 0.05).