Blood samples were collected from fifty apparently healthy adult Sahel goats, twenty five each of male and female in Maiduguri to assess the influence of sex on their haematology. The red blood cell (RBC) counts, white blood cell (WBC) counts, haemoglobin (Hb) concentration, packed cell volume (PCV), platelet counts, neutrophils, eosinophils, lymphocytes, monocytes and basophils counts were determined. The mean corpuscular volume (MCV), the mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were also determined. The RBC, WBC, MCH and neutrophil values were higher (P
Key words: Haemogram, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Sahel Goats, Sex
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