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Comparative haematology of two breeds of dog: Labrador retriever and German shepherd

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The study focuses on two breeds of dog namely Labrador retriever and German shepherd to investigate the different haematological parameters. Blood samples were collected from these two breeds of dog, and haematological parameters such as haemoglobin (Hb), total erythrocyte count (TEC), total leukocyte count (TLC), packed cell volume (PCV), mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH) were investigated. Though literatures on haematological profiling of dogs are in record, a comparative study between two breeds namely Labrador retriever and German has not been explained adequately. So, this study was undertaken to establish a comparative analysis of haematological parameters of two breeds of dog. Sex-wise variations in the haematological values as well as a significant correlation between different parameters have been reported in these two breeds of dog.

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The authors owe their thanks to the Head, PG Department of Zoology, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar 751 004, Odisha, India for providing the laboratory facilities to conduct this study. Indebtedness is due to Professor Indramani Nath of College of Veterinary Science, OUAT, for identifying the specimen and veterinary officer and the attendant of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, for providing blood samples of the dogs. The owners of the dogs are greatly acknowledged since they were willing to provide the blood samples at the veterinary hospital.

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  1. Postgraduate Department of Zoology, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751 004, India

    Debasish Mohapatra, Prafulla Kumar Mohanty, Sujata Puspamitra & Ananya Bhattacherjee

  2. Department of Zoology, Vikram Deb Autonomous College, Jeypore, Koraput, Odisha, 764 001, India

    Sarbeswar Nayak

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Mohapatra, D., Mohanty, P.K., Puspamitra, S. et al. Comparative haematology of two breeds of dog: Labrador retriever and German shepherd. Comp Clin Pathol 29, 1237–1242 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-020-03177-x

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