Exotic Animal Formulary5

Chloride (mEq/L) 122 (105-139) 119 (97-141) 121 (96-146)
Cholesterol
(mg/dL)
Creatine kinase
(U/L)
473 (267-678) 294 (75-513) 340 (92-588)
270 (31-967) 406 (59-1909) 228 (41-1049)
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.6 (0.2-2) 9 0.3 (0-0.8)
GGT (U/L) 9 (0-25) 0.6 (0-1.6) 9 (1-35)
Glucose (mg/dL) 49 (17-92) 38 (8-92) 62 (11-121)
Iron (µg/dL) — 190 (30-488) —
LDH (U/L) 178 (10-585) 126 (15-417) 175 (4-452)
Lipase (U/L) — — 4 (3-4)
Magnesium
(mg/dL)
Phosphorus
(mg/dL)
— — 2.5
3.7 (1.8-8.0) 3.8 (1.7-11.3) 3.8 (1.5-9.3)
Potassium (mEq/L) 4.9 (1.8-9.1) 4.6 (2.3-9.2) 5.0 (1.2-8.7)
Protein, total
(g/dL)
7.0 (3.3-10.7) 6.4 (3.8-10.3) 6.3 (3.8-10.7)
Albumin (g/dL) b 2.1 (1.0-3.4) 1.8 (0.8-2.9) 2.3 (1.4-3.6)
Globulin (g/dL) b 4.7 (2.6-7.4) 4.4 (2.1-7.2) 4.0 (1.5-6.6)
Sodium (mEq/L) 162 (149-181) 161 (140-180) 164 (148-180)
Triglyceride
(mg/dL)
331 (47-1118) — 195 (21-1017)
Uric acid (mg/dL) 4.4 (1.0-13.6) 4.6 (1.4-16.0) 4.1 (0.9-14.0)
Measurement
Milk snake (Lampropeltis
triangulum) 117,376
Prehensile-tailed
skink (Corucia
zebrata) 376,403
Blue-tongued skink
(Tiliqua
scincoides) 117,376
Hematology
PCV (%) 30 (10-43) 32 (21-43) 28 (16-39)
RBC (10 6 /µL) 0.88 (0.36-1.45) 1.59 (0.91-2.28) 0.89 (0.30-2.00)
Hgb (g/dL) 10.4 (6.9-11.9) 9.3 (5.7-12.0) 10.4 (6-13)
MCV (fL) 354 (135-615) 213 (126-311) 297 (34-441)
MCH (pg) 119 (89-164) 61 (35-91) 98 (44-173)
MCHC (g/dL) 34 (29-45) 28 (19-35) 33 (16-57)
WBC (10 3 /µL) 7.33 (1.66-23.8) 11.5 (3.4-31.2) 5.93 (2.00-17.7)
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