Table 1.
Blood chemistry reference ranges for prairie dogs
| Results of current study |
Previously published reference rangesa |
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| Parameter | Mean | Range | 1 SD | Pet prairie dogs4 | Wild prairie dogs5 |
| Alkaline phosphatase | 153 IU/L | 84–280 IU/L | 60 | 45–128 IU/L | |
| AST | 35 IU/L | 21–63 IU/L | 11 | 5–242 IU/L | 28–141 IU/L |
| ALT | 39 IU/L | 16–152 IU/L | 33 | 2.9–84 IU/L | |
| Total protein | 6 g/dL | 5–7 g/dL | 0.3 | ||
| Total bilirubin | 0.3 mg/dL | 0.2–0.6 mg/dL | 0.1 | ||
| Albumin | 2.4 g/dL | 2–3 g/dL | 0.3 | ||
| Glucose | 50 mg/dL | 28–84 mg/dL | 13 | 100–236 mg/dL | 138–510 mg/dL |
| BUN | 26 mg/dL | 22–31 mg/dL | 3 | ||
| Creatnine | 0.6 mg/dL | 0.4–0.8 mg/dL | 0.1 | ||
| Total CO2 | 28 mmol/L | 23–34 mmol/L | 2.4 | ||
| Calcium | 9 mg/dL | 8–11 mg/dL | 0.7 | ||
| Sodium | 142 mmol/L | 139–145 mmol/L | 1.6 | ||
| Potassium | 6 mmol/L | 5–8 mmol/L | 0.9 | ||
| Chloride | 84 mmol/L | 79–88 mmol/L | 2.2 | ||
Ranges presented are based on the 95th percentile of all values (n = 9 samples each of 18 animals). Significant outliers according to the Grubbs test were excluded from analysis.
a
For clarity, only previously published ranges that differed from our current results are shown.