Physiological Data Reference Values for Tapir Species

Malayan Tapir – Tapirus indicus
Physiological reference ranges calculated for both sexes combined, all ages combined
Sample results submitted by 19 member institutions.
Test Units Mean St. Dev. Minimum Value Maximum Value Sample Size a Animals b
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT *10^9/L 9.669 3.042 3.600 20.50 94 48
RED BLOOD CELL COUNT *10^12/L 8.02 1.54 5.16 12.80 88 41
HEMOGLOBIN g/L 137 19 95 179 82 38
HEMATOCRIT L/L 0.405 0.061 0.270 0.633 96 48
MCV fL 51.1 8.3 30.9 94.1 86 40
MCH pg/cell 17.5 2.6 12.0 32.2 81 37
MCHC g/L 343 41 194 608 82 38
PLATELET COUNT *10^12/L .2220 .0510 .1320 .3450 28 13
NUCLEATED RED BLOOD CELLS /100 WBC 1 1 0 2 3 3
SEGMENTED NEUTROPHILS *10^9/L 5.568 2.363 2.050 13.90 84 47
LYMPHOCYTES *10^9/L 3.117 1.284 0.558 7.730 89 47
MONOCYTES *10^9/L 0.272 0.224 0.036 1.350 75 41
EOSINOPHILS *10^9/L 0.580 0.548 0.055 3.082 79 42
BASOPHILS *10^9/L 0.080 0.038 0.002 0.140 12 7
NEUTROPHILIC BANDS *10^9/L 0.709 0.587 0.072 1.580 6 5
CALCIUM mMol/L 2.65 0.23 2.05 3.10 87 42
PHOSPHORUS mMol/L 1.74 0.39 1.03 3.29 79 38
SODIUM mMol/L 136 4 126 148 81 38
POTASSIUM mMol/L 3.8 0.6 2.7 5.1 80 38
CHLORIDE mMol/L 99 3 90 106 80 38
BICARBONATE mMol/L 25.2 3.1 22.0 31.0 6 5
CARBON DIOXIDE mMol/L 26.2 2.6 20.0 30.9 29 17
IRON µMol/L 22.02 6.802 11.46 38.84 21 9
MAGNESIUM mMol/L 0.852 0.226 0.617 1.070 3 2
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN mMol/L 2.856 1.071 1.071 6.783 88 43
CREATININE µMol/L 115 27 53 177 77 38
URIC ACID mMol/L 0.012 0.012 0.000 0.042 32 14
TOTAL BILIRUBIN µMol/L 10 7 2 27 87 44
DIRECT BILIRUBIN µMol/L 3 3 0 14 38 20
INDIRECT BILIRUBIN µMol/L 7 5 2 26 38 20
GLUCOSE mMol/L 5.606 1.443 2.886 9.380 90 44
CHOLESTEROL mMol/L 5.387 1.891 2.150 10.15 79 38
TRIGLYCERIDE mMol/L .4746 .2034 .1808 1.198 60 26
CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE U/L 151 82 55 418 27 20
LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE U/L 758 452 306 2278 53 21
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE U/L 33 20 2 101 80 37
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 10 6 2 33 66 37
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 76 33 28 257 85 42
GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE U/L 26 50 3 254 32 24
AMYLASE U/L 506.5 198.7 101.2 851.0 16 13
TOTAL PROTEIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 69 8 50 86 85 43
GLOBULIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 40 7 23 54 77 36
ALBUMIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 30 5 18 42 77 36
FIBRINOGEN g/L 2.380 2.260 .0100 7.000 8 6
CORTISOL nMol/L 19 0 19 19 1 1
PROGESTERONE nMol/L .0286 .0000 .0286 .0286 1 1
TRIIODOTHYRONINE UPTAKE % 53 0 53 53 1 1
TOTAL THYROXINE nMol/L 112 0 112 112 1 1
Body Temperature: °C 36.3 0.6 35.0 37.0 33 22
a Number of samples used to calculate the reference range.
b Number of different individuals contributing to the reference values.
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