Table 5. RBCs and WBCs in serum of juvenile red drum Sciaenops ocellatus fed different dietary vitamin C diets for 70 days (g/kg wet weight)
Parameters | Vitamin C concentration (mg/kg) |
0 | 100 | 200 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 1,000 |
RBC (cells × 106/mm3) | 5.63 ± 0.03a | 6.67 ± 0.22bc | 6.97 ± 0.28cd | 8.37 ± 0.24e | 7.27 ± 0.09d | 6.40 ± 0.06b | 6.17 ± 0.15ab |
WBC (cells × 103/mm3) | 1.80 ± 0.06a | 1.93 ± 0.09a | 2.30 ± 0.15b | 3.17 ± 0.03d | 2.77 ± 0.03c | 2.00 ± 0.15ab | 2.07 ± 0.09ab |
Values are means ± SE.
Values with different superscript letters within a row are significantly different (p < 0.05).
RBC, red blood cell; WBC, white blood cell.