Physiological Data Reference Values for Tapir Species

Malayan Tapir – Tapirus indicus
Physiological reference ranges calculated for females only, 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 8.597 2.635 4.500 17.50 105 39
RED BLOOD CELL COUNT *10^12/L 5.32 0.98 3.30 8.52 66 27
HEMOGLOBIN g/L 127 19 81 186 90 33
HEMATOCRIT L/L 0.383 0.054 0.278 0.540 107 39
MCV fL 72.8 10.3 39.0 103.3 65 27
MCH pg/cell 24.9 3.5 9.9 36.1 64 26
MCHC g/L 335 26 254 394 89 33
PLATELET COUNT *10^12/L .2600 .0760 .0850 .3760 24 9
NUCLEATED RED BLOOD CELLS /100 WBC 0 0 0 1 15 7
RETICULOCYTES % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11 4
SEGMENTED NEUTROPHILS *10^9/L 5.180 1.817 2.100 13.20 94 36
LYMPHOCYTES *10^9/L 2.567 1.301 0.590 7.350 93 35
MONOCYTES *10^9/L 0.276 0.183 0.000 0.875 84 34
EOSINOPHILS *10^9/L 0.235 0.192 0.000 0.746 66 26
BASOPHILS *10^9/L 0.076 0.109 0.000 0.440 24 11
NEUTROPHILIC BANDS *10^9/L 0.464 0.627 0.000 2.860 52 18
CALCIUM mMol/L 2.68 0.28 2.00 3.53 85 32
PHOSPHORUS mMol/L 1.78 0.36 1.00 2.91 86 31
SODIUM mMol/L 134 3 128 143 84 33
POTASSIUM mMol/L 3.7 0.5 2.7 5.2 87 34
CHLORIDE mMol/L 95 3 88 105 84 32
BICARBONATE mMol/L 25.9 3.4 20.0 30.0 12 5
CARBON DIOXIDE mMol/L 26.7 2.4 21.0 31.0 33 11
OSMOLARITY Osmol/L .2690 .0040 .2660 .2710 2 1
IRON µMol/L 27.75 8.592 12.89 43.32 17 9
MAGNESIUM mMol/L 0.564 0.123 0.370 0.749 14 8
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN mMol/L 3.213 1.071 1.428 7.854 89 35
CREATININE µMol/L 133 27 80 212 87 34
URIC ACID mMol/L 0.012 0.012 0.000 0.042 30 17
TOTAL BILIRUBIN µMol/L 10 7 3 38 88 33
DIRECT BILIRUBIN µMol/L 3 2 0 7 22 12
INDIRECT BILIRUBIN µMol/L 10 7 2 26 22 12
GLUCOSE mMol/L 5.439 1.388 2.886 10.38 89 34
CHOLESTEROL mMol/L 3.911 .9065 2.046 7.382 87 33
TRIGLYCERIDE mMol/L .3390 .1921 .0226 .9831 48 21
CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE U/L 237 89 110 512 41 20
LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE U/L 816 583 162 2638 67 25
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE U/L 22 13 4 61 83 33
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 9 5 0 27 58 30
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 127 40 50 314 89 34
GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE U/L 19 18 5 97 36 20
AMYLASE U/L 612.5 362.6 175.6 1674 23 16
LIPASE U/L 10.56 19.18 .2780 56.99 8 7
TOTAL PROTEIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 67 8 52 90 81 32
GLOBULIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 36 6 22 54 80 31
ALBUMIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 31 5 21 41 80 31
FIBRINOGEN g/L 6.110 7.810 2.000 20.00 5 4
GAMMA GLOBULIN (ELECTROPHORESIS) g/L 10 8 4 15 2 2
ALBUMIN (ELECTROPHORESIS) g/L 36 1 35 36 2 2
ALPHA-1 GLOBULIN (ELECTROPHORESIS) g/L 0.003 0.000 0.002 0.003 3 3
ALPHA-2 GLOBULIN (ELECTROPHORESIS) g/L 0.011 0.000 0.011 0.011 1 1
BETA GLOBULIN (ELECTROPHORESIS) g/L 0.012 0.000 0.012 0.012 3 3
PROGESTERONE nMol/L 2.140 5.915 .0318 21.08 21 5
Body Temperature: °C 36.9 0.6 35.5 38.0 25 16
a Number of samples used to calculate the reference range.
b Number of different individuals contributing to the reference values.
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