Table 4 Whole blood leucocyte counts (× 10³ cells) in vaccinated R+ and R− chicken lines measured at 12 weeks of age

Line/sex^a

 R+ m

9.1 ± 0.8^a

3.3 ± 0.3^a

23.8 ± 4.0

0.9 ± 0.4

8.2 ± 0.1

4.6 ± 0.5

3.5 ± 0.4

1.3 ± 0.1

6.0 ± 0.5

 R+ f

7.5 ± 0.6^a

2.3 ± 0.2^ac

26.9 ± 3.7

1.1 ± 0.3

9.6 ± 0.8

4.7 ± 0.4

3.8 ± 0.3

1.1 ± 0.1

6.1 ± 0.4

 R− m

3.2 ± 0.6^b

1.3 ± 0.2^b

22.0 ± 3.2

0.6 ± 0.3

10.5 ± 0.7

5.6 ± 0.4

4.6 ± 0.3

1.1 ± 0.1

5.9 ± 0.4

 R− f

3.4 ± 0.6^b

1.6 ± 0.2^bc

28.6 ± 3.3

1.2 ± 0.3

10.7 ± 0.8

5.0 ± 0.4

4.0 ± 0.3

1.0 ± 0.1

6.1 ± 0.4

p-value^b

 Line

***

***

0.9

0.9

*

0.1

0.09

0.2

0.9

 Sex

0.3

0.3

*

*

0.4

0.4

0.6

0.2

0.8

 Line × sex

0.1

**

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.8

0.9