Exotic Animal Formulary5

g/dL) b
Globulin (g/dL) b 1.2-2.6 — 1.4 (1.3-2.3)
α-1 Glob 1 — —
(PEP; g/dL) b
α-2 Glob 1 — —
(PEP; g/dL) b
β Glob (PEP; 0.6 — —
g/dL) b
γ Glob (PEP; — — —
g/dL) b
Sodium (mEq/L) 122-139 138 (127-148) 138 (131-149)
Triglyceride
(mg/dL)
0-425 — —
Uric acid (mg/dL) 2.7-7.2 3.5 (0.9-8.5) 1.2 (0.8-3.9)
Vitamin A (µg/mL) 0.2-0.6 — —
Zinc (ppm) 0.4-3.7 — —
Measurement
African spurred tortoise
(Centrochelys sulcata) 117,376
Leopard tortoise
(Stigmochelys
pardalis) 117,376
Galapagos tortoise
(Chelonoidis
nigra) 376
Hematology
PCV (%) 28 (9-43) 23 (8-37) 18 (7-29)
RBC (10 6 /µL) 0.61 (0.08-1.15) 0.52 (0.15-1.06) 0.40 (0.16-0.63)
Hgb (g/dL) 7.7 (2.4-13.1) 16.1 (8.8-28) 5.5 (3.3-8.9)
MCV (fL) 418 (156-678) 488 (179-833) 535 (266-769)
MCH (pg) 116 (2.1-193) 83 160 (100-239)
MCHC (g/dL) 30 (20-40) 44 (42-46) 31 (24-38)
WBC (10 3 /µL) 4.41 (0.87-13.23) 4.24 (0.6-10.0) 4.57 (0.71-17.5)
Heterophils (10 3 /
µL)
Lymphocytes
(10 3 /µL)
Monocytes (10 3 /
µL)
Azurophils (10 3 /
µL)
1.92 (0.23-7.43) 1.92 (0.11-4.87) 1.57 (0.10-6.76)
1.41 (0.17-6.06) 1.61 (0.05-4.74) 1.45 (0.04-6.56)
0.01 (0.01-0.37) 0.08 (0.02-0.62) 0.08 (0.02-0.33)
0.04 (0-0.84) 0.02 (0-0.51) 0.03 (0-0.52)
Eosinophils 0.10 (0.01-0.43) 0.15 (0.02-0.37) 0.09 (0.02-0.40)
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