Table 4. Effects of dietary aluminosilicate on blood profiles of weaned pigs (Exp. 2)¹⁾

Item2)	CON	CON + AS	SEM	p-value
WBC (×103/μL)
Day 7	21.92	20.95	3.16	0.464
Day 14	24.87	25.12	3.01	0.677
Day 42	37.17	26.20	4.50	0.126
RBC (×106/μL)
Day 7	7.78	7.09	0.35	0.405
Day 14	7.71	8.06	0.34	0.773
Day 42	4.37	3.40	0.34	0.130
PLT (×103/μL)
Day 7	480.83	401.00	82.98	0.745
Day 14	359.50	446.25	66.87	0.406
Day 42	179.17	177.67	25.97	0.966
HCT (%)
Day 7	40.17	36.20	1.78	0.318
Day 14	39.18	40.03	1.60	0.874
Day 42	19.13	15.23	1.29	0.099
HGB (g/dL)
Day 7	13.07	11.92	0.59	0.401
Day 14	12.75	13.21	0.46	0.582
Day 42	14.02	12.40	0.46	0.040
MCV (fL)
Day 7	51.67	50.83	0.90	0.646
Day 14	50.83	49.83	0.79	0.539
Day 42	43.83	46.67	1.65	0.416
MCH (pg)
Day 7	16.78	16.75	0.36	0.693
Day 14	16.62	16.39	0.31	0.391
Day 42	32.27	43.57	5.97	0.365
MCHC (g/dL)
Day 7	32.47	32.87	0.26	0.257
Day 14	32.68	32.98	0.34	0.433
Day 42	73.50	89.35	8.25	0.367

Each value is the mean value of 6 replicates (4 pigs/pen).
CON, basal diet based on corn and soybean meal; CON + AS, CON + 0.3% dietary aluminosilicate; WBC, white blood cells; RBC, red blood cells; PLT, platelet; HCT, hematocrit; HGB, hemoglobin; MCV, mean cell volume; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration.