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Table 5.

Percentage of haemocyte sub-populations in haemolymph samples of oysters measured with propidium iodide at the end of the experiment

	C. calcitrans	T. suecica	T-Iso
Granulocytes	16.8±2.5^a	14.7±3.9^b	14.9±3.7^b
Hyalinocytes	69.9±2.9^a	72.1±1.5^b	73.6±3.7^c
Small agranular cells	13.3±0.5^a	13.1±2.5^a	11.5±2.2^a

	C. calcitrans	T. suecica	T-Iso
Granulocytes	16.8±2.5^a	14.7±3.9^b	14.9±3.7^b
Hyalinocytes	69.9±2.9^a	72.1±1.5^b	73.6±3.7^c
Small agranular cells	13.3±0.5^a	13.1±2.5^a	11.5±2.2^a

Different lower-case letters indicate significant difference between dietary treatments (mean ± s.d.; N=3; ANOVA P<0.01).