STUDIES ON HAEMATOLOGICAL TRAITS IN DIFFERENT BREEDS OF DOG

The present study was conducted on dog during the period of June-September, 2009 at the Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding of West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences , Belgachia, Kolkata , West Bengal, India. This study comprised of a total of 58 dogs belonging to the 7 different breeds namely Spitz : 21, German shepherd : 6, Labrador : 9, Mongrel : 8, Golden Retriever : 5, Dalmatian : 4, Cockerspaniel : 5. The overall mean value of haemoglobin concentration( g/dl) , erythrocyte diameter( ?) and SARBC (?2) were estimated as 14.586 ± 0.103, 7.086 ± 0.256 and 39.453 ± 0.296. The mean HbC in g/dl was observed to be the highest in the Dalmatian breed (15.40 ± 0.14). The lowest value for haemoglobin concentration was found to be in German Shepherd breed (13.70 ± 0.12). The mean erythrocyte diameter was observed to be highest in the Golden Retriever breed (7.19 ± 0.03) and the lowest was in German Shepherd breed ( 6.99 ± 0.03). The mean erythrocytic area (SARBC ) in ?2 was found to be highest in Golden Retriever breed of dog whereas the lowest mean erythrocytic area was in cockerspaniel breed of dog. The respective estimates were accounted for 40.645 ± 0.336 and 38.129 ± 0.336 ?2. The present study indicated highly significant (P