Table 1.

Automated full blood counts on wild-type, RBC2/+, and RBC2/RBC2 mice

	WBC	RBC	MCV	HBG	HCT	MCH	MCHC	RDW	PLT	% Retic
Wild-type	7.6 (± 1.8)	10.8 (± 0.7)	45.5 (± 1.5)	16.1 (± 3.4)	49.1 (± 3.4)	14.9 (± 3.0)	32.8 (± 6.6)	14.5 (± 1.6)	1075 (± 144.3)	2.5 (± 0.9)
RBC2/+	7.49 (± 2.3)	11.64 (± 1.0)	41.0 (± 1.1)	15.6 (± 3.1)	46.4 (± 4.95)	13.7 (± 1.6)	33.4 (± 3.9)	17.1 (± 6.7)	1080 (± 211)	3.0 (± 1.1)
RBC2/RBC2	214.15 (± 30.8)	5.55 (± 0.93)	48.52 (± 5.48)	6.73 (± 0.90)	26.61 (± 3.64)	12.25 (± 0.89)	25.4 (± 2.27)	37.94 (± 2.71)	1716 (± 591)	30.5 (± 6.8)

Automated full blood counts were obtained on 40 wild-type and RBC2/+ mice, and 15 RBC2/RBC2 mice at 5 weeks of age. Values are presented plus or minus the standard deviation. Student t-tests were performed. Comparison of RBC2/+ with wild-type showed all blood parameters had P values greater than .05 except for the MCV, HCT, and RDW, which were all less than .05. Comparison of RBC2/RBC2 with wild-type showed P values less than .05 for all parameters measured. P values less than .05 were considered significant.

WBC indicates white blood cell count; RBC, red blood cell count; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; HBG, hemoglobin; HCT, hematocrit; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; RDW, red cell distribution width; PLT, platelet count; and % Retic, % reticulocytes.