Table 3. Effects of dietary supplementation of glutathione-enhanced yeast culture on leukocytes profile in broiler chicks1)

Items NC PC Glutathione-enhanced yeast culture SEM
0.1% 0.3% 0.5%
White blood cell (K/μL) 24.30 21.48 19.86 19.25 18.49 0.78
Heterophil (K/μL) 8.53 7.47 6.94 6.76 6.56 0.25
Lymphocyte (K/μL) 11.12 9.92 9.16 8.86 8.81 0.22
Heterophil/Lymphocyte 0.77 0.75 0.76 0.76 0.74 0.02
NC : antibiotic-free diet, PC : basal diet with avilamycin+salinomycin.