Haematology of normal native cattle in Botswana

Summary An examination of 519 cattle from 27 areas in the eastern and southern regions of Botswana was made to determine the haemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, mean cell haemoglobin concentration, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and total and differential white cell count. The differences between the Tswana and Africander cattle in the country were not significant. Cattle in Botswana tend to have lower differential neutrophil counts and higher differential lymphocyte counts than values found by most other workers for cattle elsewhere.