Haematological studies during late pregnant and early lactation stage in jaisalmeri camels (Camelus dromedarius)

In present study, haematological parameters were recorded during late pregnancy and early lactation in the Jaisalmeri breed of camel. Blood samples from 10 adult Jaisalmeri late pregnant and early lactating females were collected. The Complete Blood Count (CBC) was performed using automatic blood analyser. The Mean ± SE of Erythrocyte count (RBC), Total Leukocyte count (TLC), Haemoglobin (Hb) and Haematocrit value (PCV) were 6.18 ± 0.35 × 10⁶/μL, 4.95 ± 0.91 × 10³/μL, 10.20 ± 0.41 g/dl and 25.69 ± 1.16%, respectively in late pregnant females while 7.15 ± 0.41 × 10⁶/μL, 7.69 ± 0.38 × 10³/μL, 10.30± 0.50 g/dl and 23.38 ± 1.24%, respectively in early lactating females of camel. The Differential Leukocyte Count i.e. Mean ± SE values of Lymphocyte, Monocyte, Neutrophil, Eosinophil and Basophil percentage were 29.62 ± 5.82%, 10.36 ± 2.20%, 49.13 ± 5.85%, 10.59 ± 1.72% and 0.30 ± 0.04%, respectively in late pregnant females while 17.63 ± 1.79%, 5.58 ± 0.48%, 74.55 ± 1.96%, 1.91± 0.41% and 0.33 ± 0.03%, respectively in early lactating females of camel. Most of the findings of blood analysis were within the normal range except TLC and DLC. This may be due to the effect of physiological status of animal i.e. late pregnancy, early lactation and some diseased conditions. Total Leukocyte Count (WBC) was found to increase significantly (P < 0.05) during early lactation as compared to late pregnancy.