Analyses of hematological parameters were carried out on eight axis deer (C
ervus axis), 12 fallow deer (Cervus dama), 16 red deer (Cervus elaphus hipp
elaphus), three sambar (Cervus unicolor), nine Pi re David deer (Elaphurus
davidianus), 20 European bison (Bison bonasus), seven nilgai (Boselaphus tr
agocamelus), eight mouflon (Ovis musimon), four white-bearded gnu (Connocha
etes taurinus) and six barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia). The following par
ameters were determined: packed cell volume, hemoglobin concentration, red
blood cell number, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, me
an corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, leukocyte number and differential
leukocyte count. Some degree of interspecific variability was found in the
artiodactyls for these hematological parameters. An inverse relationship be
tween mean corpuscular volume and red blood cell number is described, and s
pecific values for these parameters are given for the four subfamilies. (C)
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