COMPARATIVE-STUDY OF TOTAL AND DIFFERENTIAL LEUKOCYTIC COUNT IN VARIOUS PHYSIOLOGICAL STATES IN SAHIWAL COWS

The study of total and differential leucocytic count, if properly inte rpreted, are of value in diagnosis and aid in making a more accurate p rognosis (Coles, 1986) in various pathological conditions. Such studie s in various indigenous cattle breeds of India are scanty. Sahiwal is one of the best milch breeds of India. The haematological picture and chemistry of blood alters during different stages of growth and develo pment (Schaffer at al., 1981). There is no published report on the tot al leucocytic count and differential leucocytic count in various physi ological states in these animals. The present study was undertaken to get a correct picture of total leucocytic count and differential leuco cytic count in Sahiwal cows under various physiological states.