Table 3. Effects of dietary supplementation of grape seed proanthocyanidin on leukocytes profile in broiler chicks1),2)

NC PC Proanthocyanidin SEM p-value
10ppm 100ppm
White blood cell (K/μL) 31.24 26.99 27.32 26.35 0.85 0.33
Heterophil (K/μL) 11.07 9.77 10.08 9.16 0.23 0.33
Lymphocyte (K/μL) 16.93 15.52 15.94 15.13 0.40 0.21
Heterophil/lymphocyte 0.65 0.63 0.63 0.61 0.03 0.08
Data are least squares means of 12 observations per treatment.
NC, antibiotic-free diet; PC, basal diet with avilamycin+salinomycin.