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POLIHIERAX SEMITORQUATUS
AFRICAN PYGMY FALCON

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 *10^3/µl 4.329 1.855 1.980 7.600 14 10
RED BLOOD CELL COUNT *10^6/µl 3.02 0.34 2.80 3.62 5 3
HEMOGLOBIN g/dl 13.5 5.6 7.0 17.0 3 2
HEMATOCRIT % 46.7 3.7 41.0 55.0 13 9
MCV fL 152.6 22.3 116.0 176.7 5 3
MCH pg/cell 57.4 3.9 54.6 60.1 2 1
MCHC g/dl 27.9 11.0 15.2 34.4 3 2
HETEROPHILS *10^3/µl 1.698 0.853 0.512 3.140 13 10
LYMPHOCYTES *10^3/µl 2.034 1.186 0.774 4.010 13 10
MONOCYTES *10^3/µl 0.329 0.362 0.064 1.184 8 7
EOSINOPHILS *10^3/µl 0.086 0.066 0.031 0.159 3 3
BASOPHILS *10^3/µl 0.257 0.179 0.074 0.532 9 7
CALCIUM mg/dl 9.4 0.8 8.7 10.2 3 3
PHOSPHORUS mg/dl 7.8 0.0 7.8 7.8 1 1
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN mg/dl 6 2 4 8 3 2
URIC ACID mg/dl 10.1 7.9 3.4 25.0 6 5
TOTAL BILIRUBIN mg/dl 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 4 3
GLUCOSE mg/dl 388 57 294 438 5 5
CHOLESTEROL mg/dl 292 84 240 389 3 2
TRIGLYCERIDE mg/dl 146 46 101 192 3 2
CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE IU/L 612 173 490 810 3 3
LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE IU/L 528 0 528 528 1 1
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE IU/L 573 163 458 688 2 1
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE IU/L 49 14 31 61 4 3
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE IU/L 89 47 38 150 6 5
AMYLASE U/L 166 85 103 263 3 2
TOTAL PROTEIN (COLORIMETRY) g/dl 2.7 0.3 2.3 3.0 4 4
GLOBULIN (COLORIMETRY) g/dl 1.4 0.0 1.4 1.4 1 1
ALBUMIN (COLORIMETRY) g/dl 1.4 0.0 1.4 1.4 1 1
FIBRINOGEN mg/dl 100 0 100 100 1 1


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