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ALLIGATOR SINENSIS
CHINESE ALLIGATOR

Physiological reference ranges calculated for:

Sample results submitted by 6 member institutions.

© I.S.I.S. - October 1999
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Reference Ranges for Physiological Data Values
TestUnitsMeanSt. Dev.Minimum
Value
Maximum
Value
Sample
Sizea
Animalsb
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT *10^9/L 7.736 4.166 1.800 18.30 16 12
RED BLOOD CELL COUNT *10^12/L 1.01 0.90 0.31 3.80 15 11
HEMOGLOBIN g/L 88 19 71 127 7 6
HEMATOCRIT L/L 0.231 0.035 0.150 0.290 18 15
MCV fL 326.1 179.3 65.8 588.2 14 11
MCH pg/cell 155.9 70.0 20.8 208.8 6 5
MCHC g/L 369 38 316 438 7 6
NUCLEATED RED BLOOD CELLS /100 WBC 0 0 0 0 1 1
HETEROPHILS *10^9/L 3.613 2.296 1.490 9.600 16 12
LYMPHOCYTES *10^9/L 2.413 2.126 0.180 8.970 16 12
MONOCYTES *10^9/L 0.677 0.569 0.018 1.830 11 8
EOSINOPHILS *10^9/L 0.257 0.178 0.096 0.581 8 8
BASOPHILS *10^9/L 0.999 0.891 0.087 2.670 14 10
AZUROPHILS *10^9/L 0.622 0.395 0.253 1.392 6 5
CALCIUM mMol/L 2.73 0.18 2.45 3.10 17 14
PHOSPHORUS mMol/L 1.20 0.36 0.68 1.45 4 4
SODIUM mMol/L 141 5 135 149 8 5
POTASSIUM mMol/L 3.7 0.9 3.1 5.7 8 5
CHLORIDE mMol/L 106 5 100 116 7 4
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN mMol/L 7.854 8.211 2.142 13.92 2 2
CREATININE µMol/L 53 44 27 177 9 6
URIC ACID mMol/L 0.161 0.101 0.036 0.393 15 12
TOTAL BILIRUBIN µMol/L 3 0 3 3 2 2
GLUCOSE mMol/L 5.106 2.498 1.388 10.82 18 15
CHOLESTEROL mMol/L 7.356 1.735 4.921 9.557 8 8
TRIGLYCERIDE mMol/L .4294 .0904 .3164 .5650 7 7
CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE U/L 930 1189 89 1770 2 2
LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE U/L 1063 1048 318 3695 11 8
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE U/L 69 84 24 305 10 10
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 32 31 0 104 11 11
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 213 95 44 448 17 14
GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE U/L 8 0 8 8 1 1
TOTAL PROTEIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 57 10 40 73 15 12
GLOBULIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 38 6 28 45 7 4
ALBUMIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 18 3 12 20 7 4


a Number of samples used to calculate the reference range.
b Number of different individuals contributing to the reference values.
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