Table 5. Least squares means of complete blood count for high (n = 32) and medium (n = 32) producing dairy cows receiving either calcium salts of fatty acids (Ca-FA) or high-palmitic acid (PA) during a heat stress period

Item	High production		Medium production		SEM	p-value
	PA	Ca-FA	PA	Ca-FA		PL	FS	PL × FS
Complete blood count (109/L)
Platelets	265.53	278.89	229.07	258.37	14.88	0.17	0.35	0.70
Red blood cells	5.93	6.20	6.06	6.11	0.10	0.88	0.31	0.45
White blood cells (WBC)	11.97	10.46	12.04	8.04	2.77	0.76	0.52	0.76
WBC differential (109/L)
Lymphocyte	5.90	3.84	5.80	3.59	1.66	0.94	0.40	0.97
Monocyte	0.40	0.29	0.26	0.08	0.17	0.48	0.59	0.90
Eosinophil	0.34	0.30	0.37	0.13	0.15	0.74	0.54	0.66
Basophil	0.05	0.04	0.06	0.01	0.03	0.82	0.62	0.67
Neutrophil/granulocyte	5.26	5.97	5.39	4.21	0.93	0.54	0.86	0.49
WBC differential (%)
Lymphocyte	43.35	37.22	42.66	45.73	3.14	0.38	0.75	0.32
Monocyte	2.31	2.37	1.71	1.28	0.48	0.25	0.75	0.78
Eosinophil	2.20	2.29	2.38	1.79	0.40	0.78	0.68	0.56
Basophil	0.24	0.23	0.28	0.29	0.13	0.79	0.99	0.93
Neutrophil/granulocyte	51.80	57.97	52.23	50.98	3.90	0.55	0.68	0.52

PL, production level; FS, fat source; PL × FS, interaction between production level and fat source.