Table 1. Hematological parameters of whole blood derived from pig, chicken and duck

Hematological parameters	Porcine blood	Chicken blood	Duck blood	SEM³	P-Value
Red blood cell, RBC (×10⁶ cell/μL)	7.43 ± 0.16^a,1,2	2.11 ± 0.11^b	1.98 ± 0.23^b	1.14^c	0.000
Hemoglobin, Hb (g/dL)	13.00 ± 0.14^a	8.90 ± 0.85^b	11.75 ± 0.49^a	0.79	0.012
Packed cell volume, PCV (%)	40.50 ± 0.71^a	25.50 ± 0.72^c	34.50 ± 2.12^b	2.79	0.004
Mean corpuscular volume, MCV (fL)	56.30 ± 1.84^c	121.38 ± 9.47^b	174.77 ± 9.26^a	21.80	0.001
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin, MCH (pg)	17.50 ± 0.57^c	42.23 ± 1.90^b	59.59 ± 4.31^a	7.77	0.001
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, MCHC (g/dL)	31.10 ± 1.98^a	34.96 ± 4.30^a	34.08 ± 0.66^a	1.14	0.445
Plasma protein (g/dL)	7.6 ± 0.57^a	4.35 ± 0.36^b	4.52 ± 0.28^b	1.00	0.000