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Haematology is a branch of medicine involving study of blood. Generally, blood parameters are the first to analyzed for any physiological changes that is happening within the animal body. Hence they provide significant information about the health status of animal. In horses among several factor influencing the blood parameter, housing is often given meager importance. Studies have demonstrated that horse hen exposed to high temperature show thermoregulatory and stress responses, including neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, serum cortisol concentration and haematological percentages (Marlin et al., 1995;Friend, 2000; Stull and Rodiek, 2000). Studies also report an increased leukocyte count during spring, and an increased neutrophil, MCH, MCHC levels in summer