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NETTAPUS AURITUS
AFRICAN PYGMY GOOSE

Physiological reference ranges calculated for:

Sample results submitted by 7 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 7.727 3.419 4.380 18.40 19 18
RED BLOOD CELL COUNT *10^12/L 3.39 0.48 2.74 4.18 9 8
HEMOGLOBIN g/L 173 24 125 211 11 10
HEMATOCRIT L/L 0.469 0.036 0.400 0.540 22 21
MCV fL 140.9 23.4 107.7 177.9 9 8
MCH pg/cell 46.3 7.0 39.0 58.2 6 5
MCHC g/L 369 41 272 430 11 10
HETEROPHILS *10^9/L 3.203 1.718 0.621 7.330 19 18
LYMPHOCYTES *10^9/L 3.675 2.649 0.576 11.40 19 18
MONOCYTES *10^9/L 0.688 0.908 0.173 4.048 17 16
EOSINOPHILS *10^9/L 0.177 0.123 0.067 0.368 6 6
BASOPHILS *10^9/L 0.311 0.258 0.044 0.887 11 10
CALCIUM mMol/L 2.20 0.25 1.80 2.63 8 8
PHOSPHORUS mMol/L 1.16 0.58 0.55 1.68 3 3
SODIUM mMol/L 158 4 155 161 2 2
POTASSIUM mMol/L 3.3 0.1 3.2 3.4 2 2
CHLORIDE mMol/L 120 1 119 120 2 2
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN mMol/L 2.142 1.785 1.071 4.998 5 5
CREATININE µMol/L 27 9 18 27 2 2
URIC ACID mMol/L 0.536 0.184 0.274 0.827 9 9
TOTAL BILIRUBIN µMol/L 3 0 3 3 2 2
GLUCOSE mMol/L 13.43 3.441 9.491 19.70 8 8
CHOLESTEROL mMol/L 6.527 1.295 4.921 8.392 5 5
TRIGLYCERIDE mMol/L 2.102 .7006 1.435 3.221 5 5
CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE U/L 971 0 971 971 1 1
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE U/L 141 0 141 141 1 1
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 20 7 11 28 4 4
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 248 388 9 1264 9 9
GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE U/L 26 12 12 37 4 4
TOTAL PROTEIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 40 8 27 52 9 9
GLOBULIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 29 0 29 29 1 1
ALBUMIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 17 0 17 17 1 1
FIBRINOGEN g/L 2.500 .7100 2.000 3.000 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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