Table 11. The effects of using pomegranate peel powder, oxidized oil and alpha-tocopherol in diets on blood hematological parameters in broiler chickens

Treatment			Traits
			WBC (×103 μL−1)	RBC (×106 μL−1)	Hb (g dL−1)	PCV (%)	Heterophile (%)	Lymphocytes (%)
Main effect
Pomegranate peel (%)
0			20.8	3.06a	8.97a	28.3a	27.6	68.3
4			21.6	2.84ab	8.77a	27.5ab	29.0	66.2
8			20.4	2.60b	7.98b	25.1b	28.2	68.5
SEM			0.53	0.11	0.21	0.77	0.89	0.82
Oxidized oil (%)
0			21.6	2.87	8.61	27.4	29.0	66.9
2			20.7	2.85	8.60	27.2	27.7	68.4
4			20.4	2.78	8.51	26.2	28.2	67.7
SEM			0.53	0.11	0.21	0.77	0.89	0.82
Alpha-tocopherol (mg/kg)
0			21.0	2.80	8.55	26.6	28.3	67.8
200			20.9	2.86	8.60	27.3	28.2	67.5
SEM			0.43	0.09	0.17	0.63	0.73	0.67
Interaction effects
Pomegranate peel × oxidized oil × alpha-tocopherol
0	0	0	22.0	3.36	8.94	28.8	29.6	66.4
0	0	200	21.8	3.06	9.36	29.4	29.0	67.2
0	2	0	21.6	3.12	8.86	28.6	26.8	68.6
0	2	200	20.8	2.51	9.16	29.8	26.6	68.8
0	4	0	19.2	2.83	8.76	26.8	26.0	70.0
0	4	200	19.4	3.49	8.77	26.4	28.0	69.0
4	0	0	22.4	2.71	8.59	27.8	31.0	63.8
4	0	200	23.0	2.79	8.73	26.6	29.2	66.2
4	2	0	21.4	2.88	9.04	26.8	30.0	65.4
4	2	200	20.8	3.30	8.76	28.4	27.8	67.6
4	4	0	21.4	2.65	8.89	27.2	28.0	67.7
4	4	200	20.8	2.75	8.62	28.2	28.0	66.6
8	0	0	20.0	2.61	7.98	25.2	26.6	71.0
8	0	200	20.8	2.71	8.11	26.8	28.6	67.0
8	2	0	19.6	2.52	7.98	24.0	27.8	70.8
8	2	200	20.2	2.80	7.82	26.0	27.2	69.2
8	4	0	21.4	2.54	7.95	24.4	29.4	67.2
8	4	200	20.6	2.41	8.09	24.7	29.8	66.0
SEM			1.30	0.28	0.52	1.91	2.20	2.03
p-value
Pomegranate peel			0.2692	0.0267	0.0040	0.0172	0.5769	0.0993
Oxidized oil			0.2525	0.8356	0.9314	0.5370	0.5895	0.4590
Alpha-tocopherol			0.8853	0.6385	0.8520	0.4062	0.9150	0.6992
Pomegranate peel × oxidized oil			0.3897	0.3482	0.9487	0.7720	0.6150	0.3565
Pomegranate peel × alpha-tocopherol			0.8505	0.7344	0.8734	0.8003	0.7789	0.8387
Oxidized oil × alpha-tocopherol			0.9453	0.7052	0.8234	0.9050	0.7060	0.3376
Pomegranate peel × oxidized oil × alpha-tocopherol			0.9674	0.2436	0.9947	0.9696	0.9688	0.8487

Means in columns with same superscript do not differ significantly p < 0.05.
WBC, white blood cell; RBC, red blood cell; Hb, hemoglobin; PCV, packed cell volume.