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ACRYLLIUM VULTURINUM
VULTURINE GUINEAFOWL

Physiological reference ranges calculated for:

Sample results submitted by 11 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 12.66 7.383 1.750 37.40 59 50
RED BLOOD CELL COUNT *10^12/L 2.46 0.54 1.61 3.53 17 12
HEMOGLOBIN g/L 136 28 108 173 4 3
HEMATOCRIT L/L 0.359 0.049 0.250 0.470 61 51
MCV fL 156.4 32.0 113.3 241.2 17 12
MCH pg/cell 48.1 2.2 44.8 49.4 4 3
MCHC g/L 374 37 327 412 4 3
HETEROPHILS *10^9/L 5.533 4.288 0.175 21.20 59 50
LYMPHOCYTES *10^9/L 5.863 4.298 0.682 21.70 59 50
MONOCYTES *10^9/L 1.104 1.396 0.070 8.602 47 39
EOSINOPHILS *10^9/L 0.319 0.236 0.035 1.034 26 22
BASOPHILS *10^9/L 0.406 0.332 0.052 1.296 23 20
CALCIUM mMol/L 2.58 0.35 1.90 3.53 30 23
PHOSPHORUS mMol/L 1.84 0.68 0.81 3.94 22 19
SODIUM mMol/L 160 7 146 165 7 7
POTASSIUM mMol/L 6.3 1.9 4.1 9.0 7 7
CHLORIDE mMol/L 109 7 102 120 5 5
CARBON DIOXIDE mMol/L 19.0 0.0 19.0 19.0 1 1
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN mMol/L 1.071 .3570 .7140 1.428 6 6
CREATININE µMol/L 35 18 18 62 6 6
URIC ACID mMol/L 0.315 0.125 0.137 0.565 28 22
TOTAL BILIRUBIN µMol/L 2 0 2 2 1 1
DIRECT BILIRUBIN µMol/L 0 0 0 0 1 1
INDIRECT BILIRUBIN µMol/L 2 0 2 2 1 1
GLUCOSE mMol/L 19.43 2.775 13.65 25.20 29 23
CHOLESTEROL mMol/L 3.600 1.062 1.658 5.594 20 17
TRIGLYCERIDE mMol/L 1.469 1.006 .4746 2.882 7 6
CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE U/L 1754 960 1 3093 11 11
LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE U/L 454 121 272 569 5 5
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE U/L 136 84 48 280 8 7
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 10 6 0 17 8 7
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 288 211 97 1008 27 20
GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE U/L 28 51 1 142 7 7
AMYLASE U/L 132.6 37.56 93.61 186.9 6 6
LIPASE U/L .0000 .0000 .0000 .0000 1 1
TOTAL PROTEIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 38 7 23 56 29 23
GLOBULIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 22 6 10 32 19 16
ALBUMIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 16 3 11 24 19 16


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