Table 4
Hematology and plasma metabolites of ewes fed with the experimental treatments in two sampling periods

Item	Period 1 (week 5)				SEM	Period 2 (week 9)				SEM
Item	P1	P2	P3	P4	SEM	P1	P2	P3	P4	SEM
Plasma metabolites
Glucose (mg/dl)	57.56	60.48	62.56	61.24	1.75	65.48	66.08	67.10	65.78	0.73
BUN (mg/dl)	21.84	21.66	21.12	20.93	0.41	19.58	20.52	19.62	19.34	0.41
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	76.20	76.36	71.00	73.66	1.67	75.40	79.20	78.74	77.50	2.16
Albumin (mg/dl)	2.92	3.01	3.19	3.06	0.09	3.04^ab	2.83^b	3.15^{a, b}	3.24^a	0.12
SGPT (U/L)	23.58	25.60	24.00	25.26	1.86	25.06^b	29.62^a	24.84^b	23.56^b	1.06
SGOT (U/L)	148.60	160.00	151.80	159.80	4.24	144.92^b	159.20^a	151.88^ab	158.04^ab	4.31
AChE inhibitory activity (%)	9.40^b	11.00^a	9.80^ab	9.60^ab	0.45	9.50^b	11.30^a	9.50^b	9.40^b	0.41
Total Protein (g/dl)	6.32	6.44	6.56	6.54	0.21	6.60	6.57	6.76	7.08	0.16
Hematology
Hb (g/dl)	9.77^a	8.82^b	9.30^ab	9.56^ab	0.28	10.10^a	9.14^b	10.40^a	10.04^ab	0.30
RBC (*10⁶/μl)	10.06^a	7.97^b	9.78^a	9.56^a	0.44	8.90^ab	8.64^ab	8.39^b	9.51^a	0.31
WBC (Cell/μl)	6520	7190	6900	6950	307.10	6920	7080	7000	6380	276.11
PCV (%)	30.80	27.80	29.80	30	1.24	30.60	31.20	30.80	31.00	1.02
MCH (pg)	9.78	10.22	9.55	9.67	0.43	11.42	11.52	12.41	11.05	0.46
MCV (fL)	43.59	40.94	41.83	42.22	0.90	38.22	36.22	38.22	37.63	0.75
MCHC (g/dl)	37.57^a	33.92^b	35.77^ab	36.76^ab	1.09	32.98^ab	29.44^b	34.05^a	32.40^ab	1.22