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GEOCHELONE SULCATA
AFRICAN SPURRED TORTOISE

Physiological reference ranges calculated for:

Sample results submitted by 12 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 7.968 6.454 1.200 25.60 30 24
RED BLOOD CELL COUNT *10^6/µl 0.90 0.30 0.43 1.28 9 9
HEMOGLOBIN g/dl 10.2 3.2 6.4 15.7 13 11
HEMATOCRIT % 28.4 9.5 9.0 48.0 34 27
MCV fL 386.3 136.8 200.8 575.3 9 9
MCH pg/cell 132.5 24.3 91.4 165.1 6 6
MCHC g/dl 35.0 11.5 24.1 61.6 13 11
HETEROPHILS *10^3/µl 3.444 3.046 0.315 9.620 30 24
LYMPHOCYTES *10^3/µl 3.683 3.513 0.192 13.70 30 24
MONOCYTES *10^3/µl 0.637 0.688 0.060 2.253 11 9
EOSINOPHILS *10^3/µl 0.350 0.448 0.031 1.411 14 13
BASOPHILS *10^3/µl 0.295 0.358 0.020 1.411 24 21
AZUROPHILS *10^3/µl 0.253 0.191 0.020 0.538 14 12
CALCIUM mg/dl 12.1 3.1 6.6 20.0 28 23
PHOSPHORUS mg/dl 3.9 1.4 1.5 7.8 25 22
SODIUM mEq/L 138 9 121 155 20 16
POTASSIUM mEq/L 5.0 1.2 3.6 8.5 20 16
CHLORIDE mEq/L 106 8 93 123 18 15
IRON µg/dl 81 1 80 82 2 2
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN mg/dl 3 1 0 6 18 14
CREATININE mg/dl 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 13 11
URIC ACID mg/dl 5.2 2.5 2.1 10.5 31 25
TOTAL BILIRUBIN mg/dl 0.4 0.8 0.0 2.6 16 13
DIRECT BILIRUBIN mg/dl 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 2
INDIRECT BILIRUBIN mg/dl 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 3 2
GLUCOSE mg/dl 142 56 54 277 33 27
CHOLESTEROL mg/dl 160 87 69 394 22 18
TRIGLYCERIDE mg/dl 163 114 53 388 10 7
CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE IU/L 1518 1649 291 6205 13 12
LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE IU/L 1315 571 258 1980 9 7
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE IU/L 36 12 12 59 23 18
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE IU/L 13 18 1 71 18 15
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE IU/L 108 94 34 401 30 26
GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE IU/L 14 6 3 19 5 5
TOTAL PROTEIN (COLORIMETRY) g/dl 3.9 1.1 1.6 7.0 28 23
GLOBULIN (COLORIMETRY) g/dl 2.0 0.5 1.0 2.9 13 11
ALBUMIN (COLORIMETRY) g/dl 1.5 0.3 0.6 2.0 13 11


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