Exotic Animal Formulary5

Calcium (mg/dL) 11.2 (8.1-15.1) 10.4 (8.1-13.8) 11.7 (8.5-42.7)
Chloride (mEq/L) 112 (94-123) 121 (99-144) 93 (86-104)
Cholesterol
(mg/dL)
Creatine kinase
(U/L)
108 (32-291) 115 (29-241) 229 (69-564)
911 (145-7408) 1926 (89-9228) 59 (11-380)
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.3 (0-0.7) 0.3 (0-0.6) 0.2 (0-0.4)
Glucose (mg/dL) 88 (34-177) 64 (13-146) 43 (12-85)
LDH (U/L) 346 (13-1726) 1269 (62-4058) 473 (131-1077)
Osmolarity
(mOsm/L)
Phosphorus
(mg/dL)
— 303 (301-304) —
4.3 (1.6-9.9) 4.4 (2.0-9.7) 3.9 (1.9-13)
Potassium (mEq/L) 3.8 (2.4-5.3) 4.3 (3.0-6.3) 5.5 (3.8-8.1)
Protein, total
(g/dL)
5.1 (2.6-7.8) 5.4 (2.6-7.8) 5.3 (2.5-7.7)
Albumin (g/dL) b 1.5 (0.4-2.6) 1.4 (0.6-2.7) 1.6 (0.7-3.0)
Albumin (PEP; — 2.2 (1.8-2.5) —
g/dL) b
Globulin (g/dL) b 3.3 (0.7-5.5) 4.0 (1.8-6.2) 3.7 (1.0-5.5)
Sodium (mEq/L) 147 (134-160) 151 (134-167) 128 (119-141)
Triglyceride
(mg/dL)
83 (7-505) 92 (9-174) 425 (17-1010)
Uric acid (mg/dL) 1.3 (0.2-4.0) 2.1 (0.4-5.6) 1.5 (0.2-3.4)
Measurement
Radiatedtortoise (Astrochelys
radiata) 248,376,405
Red-footed
tortoise
(Chelonoidis
carbonaria) 117,376
Indian star tortoise
(Geochelone
elegans) 117,376
Hematology
PCV (%) 10-51 25 (6-38) 23 (14-38)
RBC (10 6 /µL) 0.3-1.1 0.46 (0.14-0.19) 0.37 (0.24-0.55)
Hgb (g/dL) 5.6 (4-8) 7.5 (7-7.9) 7.9 (6.9-8.5)
MCV (fL) 454 (319-571) 482 (22-940) —
MCH (pg) 108 (82-133) 136 (123-149) —
MCHC (g/dL) 28 (26-33) 31 (29-32) 27 (26-28)
WBC (10 3 /µL) 2.5-14 6.51 (1.15-20.0) 6.71 (1.35-27.9)
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