Table 6 Effect of clove extract supplementation on blood leucocytes of black-meated fowls (21 d)^a

White blood cells

0.65^b

0.83^b

1.35^ab

2.23^a

3.15^a

0.19

Heterophils

24.1

18.6

19.7

21.2

25.4

1.15

Lymphocytes

72.6

71.1

71.9

72.5

73.2

1.17

Heterophil:Lymphocyte

0.31

0.24

0.25

0.30

0.32

0.06

Monocytes

2.34^b

4.30^ab

5.12^ab

5.73^a

6.18^a

0.33

Eosinophils

2.29

1.69

3.07

2.97

3.05

0.38