Table 2. Changes blood profiles of finishing pigs supplemented with humic acid and blueberry leaf powders
| Treatment |
CON | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 |
Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 86.6a | 83.3ab | 80.8ab | 78.0ab | 75.8ab | 74.8b |
Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 38.5 | 35.9 | 37.7 | 38.7 | 38.1 | 34.3 |
HDL/C (mg/dL) | 42.5c | 43.4bc | 48.7ab | 42.6c | 43.0c | 50.3a |
LDL/C (mg/dL) | 44.2 | 39.9 | 39.1 | 40.7 | 40.8 | 38.4 |
WBC (103/μL) | 19.2a | 19.0a | 18.9a | 15.9ab | 16.3ab | 15.1b |
RBC (106/μL) | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.7 |
Lymphocyte (%) | 48.8 | 44.2 | 43.4 | 44.6 | 43.4 | 43.7 |
Glutathion (uM) | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 0.23 | 0.27 | 0.31 |
Means in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).
CON, no addition; T1, blueberry leaf powder 0.1%; T2, blueberry leaf powder 0.2%; T3, humic acid 2%; T4, humic acid 2%+blueberry leaf powder 0.1%; T5, humic acid 2%+blueberry leaf powder 0.2%; HDL/C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL/C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; WBC, white blood cell; RBC, red blood cells.