Exotic Animal Formulary5

Triglyceride
(mg/dL)
135 (17-476) 35 (6-78) 31
Uric acid (mg/dL) 6.5 (2.0-14.6) 4.7 (1-12.2) 3.2±2
Measurement
American alligator (Alligator
mississippiensis) 117,376
Dwarf caiman
(Paleosuchus
palpebrosus) 117,376
Aldabra tortoise
(Aldabrachelys
gigantea) 376
Hematology
PCV (%) 24 (9-39) 22 (12-35) 22 (11-34)
RBC (10 6 /µL) 0.57 (0.21-1.3) 0.66 (0.43-0.89) 0.45 (0.13-0.77)
Hgb (g/dL) 7.8 (4.0-12.2) 7.7 (6.2-8.8) 7.1 (3.8-10.5)
MCV (fL) 430 (122-786) 362 (180-535) 469 (195-742)
MCH (pg) 135 (37-246) 98 154 (63-244)
MCHC (g/dL) 32 (18-45) 33 (23-38) 32 (21-42)
WBC (10 3 /µL) 6.39 (2.03-21.3) 6 (2.1-14.7) 5.45 (1.54-17.5)
Heterophils (10 3 /
µL)
Lymphocytes
(10 3 /µL)
Monocytes (10 3 /
µL)
Azurophils (10 3 /
µL)
Eosinophils
(10 3 /µL)
Basophils (10 3 /
µL)
Fibrinogen
(mg/dL)
2.51 (0.50-8.19) 2.95 (0.51-7.73) 3.17 (0.69-8.79)
2.21 (0.29-12.1) 2.10 (0.28-9.66) 1.52 (0.11-5.53)
0.31 (0.04-2.04) 0.10 (0.02-0.44) 0.14 (0.02-0.79)
0.05 (0.01-1.25) 0.04 (0.01-0.73) 0.04 (0-0.68)
0.22 (0.03-1.02) 0.12 (0.03-0.43) 0.13 (0.01-0.44)
0.71 (0.04-3.23) 0.15 (0.04-0.46) 0.11 (0.02-0.40)
267±115 100 (0-200) 100 (0-200)
Chemistries
ALP (U/L) 34 (12-105) 13 (2-26) 64 (15-142)
ALT (U/L) 37 (8-92) 37 (5-74) 3 (0-22)
Amylase (U/L) 58 (25-1067) 47 (25-234) 947 (144-3266)
AST (U/L) 246 (111-539) 88 (36-218) 59 (19-155)
Bilirubin, total
(mg/dL)
0.2 (0-0.8) 0.2 (0-0.6) 0.4 (0.1-1.2)
BUN (mg/dL) 2 (1-18) 2 (0-4) 18 (4-43)
192