African Elephant Haematology

Haematologic Type	Internarional Standard Units (SI)	Mean +/- Standard Deviation	Normal Range
Haemoglobin	Grams per Deci-litre	16.2 +/- 4.6	5.6 - 25.9
RBC Count	Per micro-litre (x10-6)	3.9 +/- 1.3	1.4 - 6.0
Packed Cell Volume (PCV) (Haematocrit)	%	49.0 +/- 13.9	18.0 - 80.0
Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)	Per femto-litre	130.7 +/- 26.7	83.0 - 196.0
Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin (MCH)	Pico Gram per cell	42.3 +/- 12.4	19.4 - 78.9
Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)	Grams per deci-litre	33.7 +/- 8.0	18.9 - 59.7
Total White Blood Cells	Per micro-litre (x10-3)	10.4 +/- 6.4	1.75 - 38.0
Neutrophils	%	21.0 +/- 9.0	6.5 - 46.0
Lymphocytes	%	76.0 +/- 9.0	46.0 - 93.0
Monocytes	%	0.4 +/- 0.8	0 - 4.5
Eosinophils	%	1.9 +/- 1.6	0 - 6.0
Basophils	%	0.1 +/- 0.3	0 - 1.5
Thrombocytes (Platelets)	Per microlitre (x10-3)	423 +/- 2.5	No Data
Plasma Protein^	Grams per litre	77 +/- 6.0	No Data
Plasma Fibrinogen^	Milli-gram per deci-litre	226 +/- 164	No Data

White, P., Brown, I. (Unkown) Haematological studies on on wild African Elephants (Loxodonta africana), Journal of Zoology. London: The Zoological Society of London. pp.ISSN. 0952 8369 (J46.185.w1). ^Schmitt, D L. (1998) Zoo and Wildlife Animal Medicine. Fifth Edition ed. New Jersey, United States of America: Merck & Co., Inc. & Merial Limited. pp.Chapter 53 - Proboscidea (B336.53.w53).

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