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Packed cell volume, hemoglobin and iron rate were obtened from 54 whole blood samples, hemolysed whole blood and serum of 9 marternal-placental-foetal complex (MPFC) of goats from Lubumbashi. Packed cell volume obtained after centrifugation and hemoglobin rate by Sahli method were respectively: 40,89± 3,8% and 7,56±1,05g % in the maternal blood, 33,14 ± 5,75% and 6,69 ± 0,66g % in the placenta blood and 30,22±3,46% and 6,53±0,75g% in the foetus blood. The serum and hemolysed whole blood iron rate values obtained from colorimetric test by spectrophotometer, were respectively, 86,47 ± 9,13μmol/l and 7,16±9,88μmol/l in the maternal blood, 21,68 ± 5,01μmol/l and 0,54±0,52μmol/l in the placenta blood and 29,25±12,37μmol/l and 2,32±4,19μmol/l in the foetus bood. The globular iron rate being the difference between the serum and the total iron were respectively 79, 29 ±14, 58μmol/l, 21, 13 ±4, 98μmol/l and 26, 92±14, 47μmol/l. Statistically, in general, the maternal parameters were significantly higher than those in placenta and foetus. If placenta and foetal hemoglobin is comparable, and foetal packed cell volume low, all the foetal iron rates are significantly higher than placenta iron rates. By considering the whole iron in CMPF, in the pregnant, the iron rate is 62, 9% in the maternal compartment, 15, 7% in the placenta and 21,2% in the foetal compartment. Hemoglobin rate obtained locally, being anemic type, the supplement with iron to goats during pregnancy is important.

Key words: Packed cell volume, Hemoglobin, Iron rate, Maternal-placental-foetal complex.