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PLATALEA ALBA
AFRICAN SPOONBILL

Physiological reference ranges calculated for:

Sample results submitted by 10 member institutions.

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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 11.02 5.056 3.000 28.50 62 47
RED BLOOD CELL COUNT *10^12/L 2.65 0.52 1.57 4.10 40 30
HEMOGLOBIN g/L 141 16 116 177 13 11
HEMATOCRIT L/L 0.474 0.050 0.350 0.570 67 51
MCV fL 179.9 39.4 108.0 286.6 38 29
MCH pg/cell 55.0 8.7 43.1 70.3 9 8
MCHC g/L 320 32 270 399 13 11
RETICULOCYTES % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5 5
HETEROPHILS *10^9/L 5.126 3.669 1.040 21.40 59 44
LYMPHOCYTES *10^9/L 4.910 2.800 0.660 11.70 61 46
MONOCYTES *10^9/L 0.643 0.599 0.087 2.518 45 36
EOSINOPHILS *10^9/L 0.316 0.302 0.035 1.169 36 27
BASOPHILS *10^9/L 0.312 0.221 0.035 0.900 40 32
CALCIUM mMol/L 2.50 0.28 1.95 3.35 43 31
PHOSPHORUS mMol/L 1.36 0.65 0.00 2.62 36 29
SODIUM mMol/L 156 6 141 164 20 14
POTASSIUM mMol/L 3.3 1.0 1.9 5.5 20 14
CHLORIDE mMol/L 116 6 106 127 15 10
CARBON DIOXIDE mMol/L 23.5 6.4 19.0 28.0 2 2
IRON µMol/L 25.06 4.296 19.87 30.25 4 2
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN mMol/L 2.142 1.785 .7140 7.140 20 15
CREATININE µMol/L 35 18 18 62 19 14
URIC ACID mMol/L 0.607 0.357 0.161 2.249 44 33
TOTAL BILIRUBIN µMol/L 5 5 0 15 13 9
DIRECT BILIRUBIN µMol/L 2 2 0 5 6 4
INDIRECT BILIRUBIN µMol/L 5 3 0 9 6 4
GLUCOSE mMol/L 12.38 1.776 9.324 17.37 45 33
CHOLESTEROL mMol/L 5.076 1.295 2.409 9.298 20 15
TRIGLYCERIDE mMol/L 1.187 .6441 .4746 2.418 10 8
CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE U/L 1563 1966 16 6858 13 12
LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE U/L 627 808 134 3842 21 18
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE U/L 163 105 42 490 27 21
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 49 25 24 129 22 17
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 290 308 52 1785 40 32
GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE U/L 8 3 6 10 2 2
AMYLASE U/L 182.0 123.0 2.035 273.6 4 4
TOTAL PROTEIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 45 8 31 61 43 31
GLOBULIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 30 6 21 47 34 27
ALBUMIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 15 4 8 22 34 27
Body Temperature: °C 40.5 0.7 40.0 41.0 2 2


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