Exotic Animal Formulary5

Table 15-14
System of International (SI) Units Conversion Factors of Hematology Commonly Used
in Exotic Animal Medicine. a
Component
Conventional (USA) Units SI Unit
Hemoglobin (Hgb) g/dL g/L
Red blood cells (RBC) × 10 6 /µL × 10 12 /L
Reticulocytes % %
Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) fL fL
Mean corpuscular Hgb (MCH) pg pg
Mean corpuscular Hgb concentration (MCHC) g/dL g/L
Platelets × 10 3 /µL × 10 9 /L
White blood cells (WBC) × 10 3 /µL × 10 9 /L
Neutrophils (segmented) × 10 3 /µL × 10 9 /L
Neutrophils (bands) × 10 3 /µL × 10 9 /L
Lymphocytes × 10 3 /µL × 10 9 /L
Monocytes × 10 3 /µL × 10 9 /L
Eosinophils × 10 3 /µL × 10 9 /L
Basophils × 10 3 /µL × 10 9 /L
a
Adapted from Veterinary Laboratory Medicine: Interpretation and Diagnosis, Meyer DH, Harvey JW, 3rd
ed., Copyright, 2004, with permission from Elsevier.
Table 15-15
System of International (SI) Units Conversion Factors of Clinical Chemistries
Commonly Used in Exotic Animal Medicine. a
Component
Conventional (USA) Units Conversion Factor (x) SI Unit
Albumin g/dL 10 g/L
Alkaline phosphatase U/L 1.0 IU/L
ALT (SGPT) U/L 1.0 IU/L
Ammonia (NH 3 ) µg/dL 0.5871 µmol/L
Amylase U/L 1.0 IU/L
AST (SGOT) U/L 1.0 IU/L
Bilirubin mg/dL 17.10 µmol/L
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