author(s)
Firas Rashad Al-Samarai and Wathiq Ali Hasson Al-Jbory

abstract
The present study was conducted to determine some hematological parameters of Awassi sheep belonged to five regions (Shula, Abu-Ghraib, Mahmoudia, Yousifia, and Alameel) in the West and South of Baghdad during the period from December to February, 2015-2016. Further, it was also, aimed to investigate the effect of the sex, age, and regions on the studied parameters. A total of 150 apparently healthy Awassi sheep (93male and 57 female) included in this study. Results showed that the mean of Red blood cell (RBC) packed cell volume (PCV), haemoglobin (Hb), total white blood cell count (WBC), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were 7.91x10⁶/µl, 26.52%, 8.24 g/dL, 8.64x10⁶/µl, 32.61 fl, 10.63 pg and 32.73 g/dL respectively.