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*The peritoneum is smooth and clear in the healthy animal.

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**Low volume of clear straw coloured fluid

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**Specific gravity <1.015 to 1.018

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**Total protein 25-39g/L

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**Nucleated cell count <3x10e9/L

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**[[Mesothelial cells|Mesothelial cells]]/macrophages

Single layer of [[Mesothelial cells|mesothelial cells]]

*Many species have lymphoid tissue aggregates and fixed phagocytes in the omentum that are not covered by mesothelial cells

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