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 23 member institutions.
Test Units Mean St. Dev. Minimum Value Maximum Value Sample Size a Animals b
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT *10^9/L 8.557 2.500 4.500 17.50 162 71
RED BLOOD CELL COUNT *10^12/L 5.27 1.01 2.55 8.52 107 49
HEMOGLOBIN g/L 128 20 81 205 137 60
HEMATOCRIT L/L 0.384 0.055 0.260 0.569 165 72
MCV fL 73.9 10.2 39.0 109.8 105 48
MCH pg/cell 25.3 3.3 9.9 36.1 103 47
MCHC g/L 338 27 237 394 135 59
PLATELET COUNT *10^12/L .2650 .1220 .0580 .6560 37 19
NUCLEATED RED BLOOD CELLS /100 WBC 0 0 0 0 20 10
RETICULOCYTES % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 18 8
SEGMENTED NEUTROPHILS *10^9/L 5.402 1.848 2.100 13.20 145 63
LYMPHOCYTES *10^9/L 2.490 1.263 0.510 7.350 145 63
MONOCYTES *10^9/L 0.279 0.194 0.000 0.875 131 62
EOSINOPHILS *10^9/L 0.195 0.171 0.000 0.746 101 45
BASOPHILS *10^9/L 0.064 0.095 0.000 0.440 41 21
NEUTROPHILIC BANDS *10^9/L 0.413 0.569 0.000 2.860 73 30
ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE 105 39 60 132 3 2
CALCIUM mMol/L 2.68 0.28 2.00 3.53 143 62
PHOSPHORUS mMol/L 1.84 0.36 1.00 2.91 139 58
SODIUM mMol/L 134 3 127 144 134 60
POTASSIUM mMol/L 3.8 0.5 2.7 5.8 139 62
CHLORIDE mMol/L 95 3 88 105 136 58
BICARBONATE mMol/L 26.1 3.1 20.0 30.0 16 8
CARBON DIOXIDE mMol/L 26.4 2.8 19.0 31.0 43 19
OSMOLARITY Osmol/L .2690 .0040 .2660 .2710 2 1
IRON µMol/L 28.64 9.308 12.89 51.73 30 19
MAGNESIUM mMol/L 0.543 0.148 0.288 0.864 25 14
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN mMol/L 3.570 1.071 1.428 7.854 147 65
CREATININE µMol/L 133 27 80 212 139 62
URIC ACID mMol/L 0.012 0.012 0.000 0.071 60 34
TOTAL BILIRUBIN µMol/L 10 7 2 38 146 63
DIRECT BILIRUBIN µMol/L 2 2 0 7 37 22
INDIRECT BILIRUBIN µMol/L 9 7 2 26 37 22
GLUCOSE mMol/L 5.495 1.443 2.831 11.21 149 66
CHOLESTEROL mMol/L 3.781 .8288 .0000 5.853 142 63
TRIGLYCERIDE mMol/L .3390 .1921 .0565 .9831 79 43
CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE U/L 242 127 74 723 70 38
LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE U/L 680 518 162 2638 106 42
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE U/L 22 14 2 73 137 61
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 9 6 0 31 104 56
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE U/L 125 42 48 314 147 65
GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE U/L 18 12 0 63 64 40
AMYLASE U/L 589.2 344.3 111.0 1674 35 27
LIPASE U/L 11.95 17.51 .2780 56.99 13 12
TOTAL PROTEIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 68 8 52 94 134 61
GLOBULIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 37 7 22 63 130 57
ALBUMIN (COLORIMETRY) g/L 31 5 20 50 130 57
FIBRINOGEN g/L 6.090 6.980 2.000 20.00 6 5
GAMMA GLOBULIN (ELECTROPHORESIS) g/L 9 6 4 15 3 3
ALBUMIN (ELECTROPHORESIS) g/L 35 1 34 36 3 3
ALPHA-1 GLOBULIN (ELECTROPHORESIS) g/L 0.002 0.000 0.002 0.003 4 4
ALPHA-2 GLOBULIN (ELECTROPHORESIS) g/L 0.011 0.000 0.011 0.011 1 1
BETA GLOBULIN (ELECTROPHORESIS) g/L 0.011 0.002 0.009 0.012 4 4
PROGESTERONE nMol/L 2.140 5.915 .0318 21.08 21 5
Body Temperature: °C 37.0 0.6 35.5 38.0 49 29
a Number of samples used to calculate the reference range.
b Number of different individuals contributing to the reference values.
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