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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 *10^3/µl 11.02 5.056 3.000 28.50 62 47
RED BLOOD CELL COUNT *10^6/µl 2.65 0.52 1.57 4.10 40 30
HEMOGLOBIN g/dl 14.1 1.6 11.6 17.7 13 11
HEMATOCRIT % 47.4 5.0 35.0 57.0 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/dl 32.0 3.2 27.0 39.9 13 11
RETICULOCYTES % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5 5
HETEROPHILS *10^3/µl 5.126 3.669 1.040 21.40 59 44
LYMPHOCYTES *10^3/µl 4.910 2.800 0.660 11.70 61 46
MONOCYTES *10^3/µl 0.643 0.599 0.087 2.518 45 36
EOSINOPHILS *10^3/µl 0.316 0.302 0.035 1.169 36 27
BASOPHILS *10^3/µl 0.312 0.221 0.035 0.900 40 32
CALCIUM mg/dl 10.0 1.1 7.8 13.4 43 31
PHOSPHORUS mg/dl 4.2 2.0 0.0 8.1 36 29
SODIUM mEq/L 156 6 141 164 20 14
POTASSIUM mEq/L 3.3 1.0 1.9 5.5 20 14
CHLORIDE mEq/L 116 6 106 127 15 10
CARBON DIOXIDE mEq/L 23.5 6.4 19.0 28.0 2 2
IRON µg/dl 140 24 111 169 4 2
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN mg/dl 6 5 2 20 20 15
CREATININE mg/dl 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.7 19 14
URIC ACID mg/dl 10.2 6.0 2.7 37.8 44 33
TOTAL BILIRUBIN mg/dl 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.9 13 9
DIRECT BILIRUBIN mg/dl 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 6 4
INDIRECT BILIRUBIN mg/dl 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.5 6 4
GLUCOSE mg/dl 223 32 168 313 45 33
CHOLESTEROL mg/dl 196 50 93 359 20 15
TRIGLYCERIDE mg/dl 105 57 42 214 10 8
CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE IU/L 1563 1966 16 6858 13 12
LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE IU/L 627 808 134 3842 21 18
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE IU/L 163 105 42 490 27 21
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE IU/L 49 25 24 129 22 17
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE IU/L 290 308 52 1785 40 32
GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE IU/L 8 3 6 10 2 2
AMYLASE U/L 984 665 11 1479 4 4
TOTAL PROTEIN (COLORIMETRY) g/dl 4.5 0.8 3.1 6.1 43 31
GLOBULIN (COLORIMETRY) g/dl 3.0 0.6 2.1 4.7 34 27
ALBUMIN (COLORIMETRY) g/dl 1.5 0.4 0.8 2.2 34 27
Body Temperature: °F 104.9 1.3 104.0 105.8 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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