Table 2.

Hematology reference ranges for prairie dogs

Results of current study				Previously published reference rangesa
Parameter	Mean	Range	1 SD	Pet prairie dogs4	Wild prairie dogs5
WBC	3 × 103/µL	1–6 × 103/µL	1.2		3.3–10.5 × 103/µL
Platelets	126 × 103/µL	41–239 × 103/µL	67	245 - 1190 103/µL	138–783 × 103/µL
Hematocrit	24%	14%–36%	6.7	33.5%–45.1%
Monocytes	0.5 × 103/µL	0.2–0.9 × 103/µL	0.2	0.03–0.58 103/µL	0–0.2 × 103/µL
Granulocytes	1.6 × 103/µL	0.8–2.8 × 103/µL	0.6	1–8 103/ µL	0.8–8.4 × 103/µL
Lymphocytes	1.2 × 103/µL	0.5–3 × 103/µL	0.5	0.2–3 103/µL	1–5.6 × 103/µL
MCV	62 fl	57–66 fl	2.5
RBC	4 × 106/µL	2–5 × 106/µL	1.1	5.9–8.1 106/µL
Hemoglobin	8 g/dL	4–11 g/dL	2.1	10.4–15.3 g/dL
MCH	20 pg	19–22 pg	0.8
MCHC	32 g/dL	29–34 g/dL	1.5

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.

^aFor clarity, only previously published ranges that differed from our current results are shown.