Physiological Data Reference Values for Tapir Species

Baird’s Tapir – Tapirus bairdii
Physiological reference ranges calculated both sexes combined, ages: 8 days – 2 years
Sample results submitted by 4 member institutions.
Test Units Mean St. Dev. Minimum Value Maximum Value Sample Size a Animals b
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT *10^9/L 9.581 2.612 5.800 14.30 14 11
RED BLOOD CELL COUNT *10^12/L 7.52 1.19 5.96 9.96 14 11
HEMOGLOBIN g/L 118 13 95 141 14 11
HEMATOCRIT L/L 0.340 0.045 0.268 0.432 15 12
MCV fL 46.2 6.9 35.4 59.1 14 11
MCH pg/cell 15.9 2.1 12.2 20.5 14 11
MCHC g/L 345 19 312 379 14 11
PLATELET COUNT *10^12/L .4840 .0000 .4840 .4840 1 1
NUCLEATED RED BLOOD CELLS /100 WBC 0 0 0 0 1 1
SEGMENTED NEUTROPHILS *10^9/L 4.826 2.057 2.540 9.020 14 11
LYMPHOCYTES *10^9/L 4.108 1.942 1.180 7.750 14 11
MONOCYTES *10^9/L 0.398 0.260 0.170 0.858 12 10
EOSINOPHILS *10^9/L 0.181 0.096 0.065 0.290 10 8
BASOPHILS *10^9/L 0.177 0.109 0.100 0.254 2 2
NEUTROPHILIC BANDS *10^9/L 0.964 1.225 0.098 1.830 2 2
CALCIUM mMol/L 2.80 0.25 2.48 3.23 11 9
PHOSPHORUS mMol/L 2.23 0.52 1.32 3.13 10 8
SODIUM mMol/L 131 6 116 136 10 9
POTASSIUM mMol/L 4.0 0.6 3.3 5.3 11 9
CHLORIDE mMol/L 95 6 79 104 11 9
CARBON DIOXIDE mMol/L 21.1 3.9 16.0 27.0 7 6
OSMOLARITY Osmol/L .2640 .0000 .2640 .2640 1 1
IRON µMol/L 31.15 10.38 23.81 38.49 2 2
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN mMol/L 3.570 .7140 2.499 5.355 11 9
CREATININE µMol/L 88 27 53 133 10 8
URIC ACID mMol/L 0.012 0.012 0.000 0.018 5 4
TOTAL BILIRUBIN µMol/L 15 5 9 24 10 8
DIRECT BILIRUBIN µMol/L 2 0 2 2 2 2
INDIRECT BILIRUBIN µMol/L 12 2 10 12 2 2
GLUCOSE mMol/L 5.550 1.499 2.109 7.659 10 9
CHOLESTEROL mMol/L 5.206 .8806 3.600 6.346 10 8
TRIGLYCERIDE mMol/L .4181 .1695 .2373 .6893 7 6
CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE U/L 217 69 135 313 6 6
LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE U/L 1225 706 311 2022 8 6
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE U/L 204 184 49 725 11 9
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 15 9 6 33 11 9
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 101 30 67 162 11 9
GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE U/L 17 5 11 26 8 6
AMYLASE U/L 326.0 149.3 180.0 570.9 5 4
TOTAL PROTEIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 65 11 42 79 10 8
GLOBULIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 37 8 24 50 9 7
ALBUMIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 30 6 18 41 9 7
FIBRINOGEN g/L .0100 .0000 .0100 .0100 1 1
Body Temperature: °C 37.0 0.0 37.0 37.0 2 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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