Table 3. Hematology of the Celebes rainbow (Marosantherina ladigesi) fed four different feeds for six weeks: live Tubifex sp (A), dry Tubifex sp (B), Spirulina platensis (C), and crumble pellet (D)

Hematology Treatment p-value
Live Tubifex sp Dry Tubifex sp S. platensis Crumble pellet
Total leukocyte (Cell/mL) 2.38 × 104 ± 0.04a 2.01 × 104 ± 0.03c 2.03 × 104 ± 0.04c 2.18 × 104 ± 0.04b 0.00
Total erythrocyte (Cell/mL) 1.02 × 105 ± 0.14a 8.76 × 104 ± 0.13b 8.78 × 104 ± 0.17b 9.6 × 104 ± 0.20ab 0.00
Hemoglobin (%) 6.6233 ± 0.19a 5.4033 ± 0.13b 5.3500 ± 0.18b 6.0867 ± 0.16ab 0.02
Hematocrit (%) 12.2333 ± 0.33a 9.3000 ± 0.33c 8.8667 ± 0.33c 10.5667 ± 0.58b 0.00
Phagocytic activity (%) 7.3333 ± 0.24a 4.3333 ± 0.31b 5.3333 ± 0.15b 6.0000 ± 0.19ab 0.05
Each value represents mean ± SE (n = 3).
Different letters indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) by the Tukey test.