| 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).
