Vetnuus | May 2025 23 Article MeasurandUnitsn MeanSDMedianMinMax p-Value* Dist Method LRL of RI URL of RI CI of LRL CI of URL Hematocrit L/L 109 39.1 6.5 39.0 26 54 0.184 G P 28 53 27–29 51–56 RBC 1012/L 109 6.4 1.2 6.2 4.2 8.9 0.023 NG NP 4.4 8.8 4.2–4.7 8.4–8.9 Haemoglobin g/L 109 131 21 130 89 177 0.223 G P 93 175 89–101 170–177 MCV fL 109 61 3.9 61 51 70 0.162 G P 53 68 51–54 67–69 MCHC g/L 109 335 7 330 310 350 <0.001 NG NP 320 350 310–320 340–350 MCH pg 109 21 1.4 21 17 23 <0.001 NG NP 18 23 17–18 22–23 RDW % 109 17.3 0.9 17.1 15.9 21.6 0.753 G P 16.1 19.4 16.0–16.2 18.9–19.9 WBC 109/L 109 10.0 2.6 9.7 5.3 18.4 0.996 G P 5.8 16.0 5.5–6.3 14.9–17.2 Neutrophil 109/L 92 4.7 1.6 4.4 2.2 10.6 0.390 G P 2.2 8.5 2.0–2.4 7.8–9.3 Lymphocyte 109/L 92 4.7 2.2 4.4 1.1 11.1 0.732 G P 1.5 9.9 1.3–1.7 8.9–10.8 Monocyte 109/L 92 0.4 0.2 0.3 0 1.2 0.001 NG NP 0 1.0 0–0.1 0.8–1.2 Eosinophil 109/L 92 0.4 0.4 0.3 0 1.9 0.001 NG NP 0 1.7 0–0 1.4–1.9 Basophil 109/L 92 0 0.1 0 0 0.3 <0.001 NG NP 0 0.1 0–0 0.1–0.3 Platelet 109/L 61 197 85 195 81 396 0.003 NG NP 84 380 81–89 322–396 MPV fL 61 6.1 0.8 6.1 4.8 8.7 0.742 G P 4.8 8.1 4.7–5.0 7.7–8.6 TP g/L 108 71 5 70 56 84 0.402 G P 60 81 59–62 79–82 Table 3. Haematology reference intervals were established from 109 donkeys using an Advia 2120 and manual differential Dist, Distribution; G, Gaussian; NG, non-Gaussian; NP, nonparametric; P, parametric; RI, reference interval; LRL, lower-reference limit; URL, upper-reference limit; CI, 90% confidence interval. * Anderson-Darling, <0.05indicates non-Gaussian distribution. Table 4. Biochemistry reference intervals established from 117 donkeys using a Cobas 501. Dist, Distribution; G, Gaussian; NG, non-Gaussian; NP, nonparametric; RI, reference interval; LRL, lower reference limit; URL, upper-reference limit; CI, 90% confidence interval; * Anderson-Darling, <0.05 indicates non-Gaussian distribution. Measurand Unit n Mean SD Median Min Max p-Value * Dist Method LRL of RI URL of RI CI of LRL CI of URL Sodium mmol/L 116 134 3.2 135 127 144 0.047 NG NP 127 140 127–128 139–144 Potassium mmol/L 116 4.6 0.6 4.5 3.1 5.8 0.545 G P 3.4 5.7 3.3–3.6 5.6–5.8 Chloride mmol/L 116 100 3.0 100 93 107 0.058 G P 94 106 93–95 105–107 Bicarbonate mmol/L 116 23 2.4 23 15 29 0.002 NG NP 16 27 15–19 26–29 Anion Gap mmol/L 116 17 3.2 16 11 28 0.020 NG NP 12 25 11–12 25–28 Na/K Ratio 116 30 4.1 30 22 45 0.089 G P 23 40 23–24 38–41 Urea nitrogen mmol/L 117 4.3 1.5 4.3 0.7 9.3 0.001 NG NP 1.1 7.5 0.7–1.8 6.4–9.3 Creatinine umol/L 117 88 18 88 44 133 <0.001 NG NP 53 133 44–53 115–133 Calcium mmol/L 116 3.0 0.1 3.0 2.6 3.2 0.128 G P 2.7 3.2 2.7–2.8 3.1–3.2 Phosphorus mmol/L 117 1.2 0.2 1.2 0.7 1.8 0.741 G P 0.7 1.6 0.7–0.8 1.6–1.7 Magnesium mmol/L 117 0.7 0.1 0.7 0.5 1.2 0.016 NG NP 0.5 1.0 0.5–0.6 1.0–1.2 Total protein g/L 117 67 5 67 48 81 0.081 G P 57 78 56–58 76–79 Albumin g/L 117 30 4.0 30 17 37 0.015 NG NP 20 36 17–23 35–37 Globulin g/L 117 37 5 37 28 51 0.226 G P 29 48 28–30 46–49 A/G Ratio 117 0.8 0.2 0.8 0.4 1.2 <0.001 NG NP 0.5 1.1 0.4–0.5 1.1–1.2 Glucose mmol/L 105 4.8 0.8 4.8 2.4 7.4 0.301 G P 3.2 6.5 3.0–3.4 6.2–6.8 AST U/L 116 367 84 364 201 667 0.744 G P 223 555 208–238 525–587 SDH U/L 116 4 3.2 4 2 29 <0.001 NG NP 2 10 2–2 9–29 GLDH U/L 116 4 2.2 3 0 14 <0.001 NG NP 0 9 0–1 8–14 GGT U/L 107 28 12 24 7 77 0.200 G P 10 55 9–12 52–65 Bilirubin umol/L 117 1.7 0.9 1.7 0 3.4 <0.001 NG NP 0 3.4 0–0 1.7–3.4 >>>24
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