Effects of body condition on the insulin resistance, lipid metabolism and oxidative stress of lactating dairy cows

Table 4 Hematological variables in cows with different body condition score (BCS)

Item	BCS¹			SEM	P-value
Item	Low	Medium	High	SEM	P-value
Red blood cells, 10³ /μL	6.30	6.36	6.44	0.14	0.75
Haemoglobin, g/L	91.8	91.4	95.2	1.50	0.14
Haematocrit, %	30.2	30.7	31.3	0.66	0.54
Mean corpuscular volume, fL	48.5	49.2	48.5	0.85	0.81
Mean corpuscular haemoglobin, pg	14.4	14.6	14.6	0.23	0.75
Platelet, 10³/μL	453	447	463	33.8	0.94
Mean platelet volume, fL	5.59	5.45	5.46	0.13	0.73
Platelet distribution width	16.6	16.4	16.5	0.17	0.60
Thrombocytocrit, %	0.24	0.24	0.26	0.02	0.69

^a-bMeans within same row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05)
¹Low: BCS ≤ 2.75 (n = 12); Medium: 3.0 ≤ BCS ≤ 3.5 (n = 15); BCS ≥ 3.75 (n = 15)

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