Table 3.
Reference interval limits for hematological and biochemical analytes for pregnant female, as determined by ultrasonographic examination, and NP AF (≥130 cm in total body length) FPs that were evaluated by capture and release programs conducted in PL and TZO from 2002 to 2017 (Nabi et al., 2018b).
| Analyte | Adult NP female |
Pregnant female |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of porpoises | Range | No. of porpoises | Range | |
| Hematology | ||||
| HCT (%)a | 22 | 52 (40–61)∗ | 29 | 48 (32–60) |
| Hb (g/dl)a | 22 | 17 (14–19) | 31 | 16.0 (12.1–18.8)∗ |
| RBCs (×106 cells/μl)a | 22 | 5.2 (4.2–6.1) | 31 | 4.9 (3.4–6.1) |
| MCV (fL) | 20 | 100 (87–109) | 26 | 96 (89–111) |
| MCH (pg) | 20 | 33 (32–34) | 26 | 33 (29–39) |
| MCHC (g/dl) | 20 | 32 (31–35)∗ | 26 | 33 (31–39) |
| RDW (%) | 18 | 13 (12–16) | 21 | 13 (12–16) |
| PLT (103 cells/μl) | 22 | 132 (55–217) | 31 | 109 (37–186) |
| MPV (fl) | 19 | 12 (10–16) | 24 | 12 (10–14) |
| PDW (%) | 21 | 17 (16–25) | 26 | 17 (16–24) |
| WBCs (×103 cells/μl) | 22 | 5.86 (4.80–15.3) | 31 | 6.04 (3.58–10.5) |
| Neutrophils (×103 cells/μl) | 15 | 4.33 (2.92–6.22) | 19 | 3.97 (1.88–5.63) |
| Lymphocytes (×103 cells/μl) | 13 | 1.30 (0.73–1.93) | 21 | 1.33 (0.84–3.48) |
| Monocytes (cells/μl) | 15 | 97 (28–226) | 21 | 72 (4–183) |
| Eosinophils (cells/μl) | 15 | 515 (56–1426) | 21 | 401 (75–1,795) |
| Basophils (cells/μl) | 16 | 7 (0–37) | 21 | 6 (0–15) |
| Serum chemistry | ||||
| GLU (mmol/l) | 4 | 8.5 (7.8–8.7) | 23 | 7.4 (5.07–10.9) |
| BUN (mmol/l) | 4 | 19 (16–23) | 33 | 20 (12–29)∗ |
| Cr (μmol/l) | 4 | 77 (68–98) | 33 | 80 (46–129) |
| UA (μmol/l) | 4 | 46 (26–78) | 33 | 43 (10–393) |
| TBAs (μmol/l) | 4 | 5 (4–6) | 29 | 5 (1.2–19.8) |
| T-BILI (μmol/l) | 4 | 2.8 (1.6–4.1) | 32 | 3.5 (1–18.0) |
| D-BILI (μmol/l) | 4 | 0.4 (0.1–0.6) | 32 | 1.0 (0–3.9) |
| I-BILI (μmol/l) | 4 | 2.5 (1.3–3.7) | 27 | 1.5 (0.3–17.9) |
| Cholesterol (mmol/l) | 4 | 8.8 (5.6–9.4) | 30 | 5.4 (3.8–12.1) |
| TG (mmol/l) | 4 | 0.7 (0.6–1.8) | 30 | 1.2 (0.7–5.7)∗ |
| HDL-c (mmol/l) | 4 | 3.9 (2.7–4.1) | 29 | 2.5 (1.7–3.3)∗ |
| LDL-c (mmol/l) | 4 | 0.5 (0.2–0.6) | 29 | 0.3 (0.1–1.2)∗ |
| HDL-c/LDL-c | 4 | 8 (6–12) | 29 | 11 (0–38)∗ |
| TP (g/l) | 4 | 71 (61–74) | 33 | 77 (63–100)∗ |
| ALB (g/l) | 4 | 55 (52–58) | 33 | 43 (35–66) |
| GLB (g/l) | 4 | 16 (9–17) | 29 | 36 (3–50)∗ |
| ALB/GLB | 4 | 4 (3–6) | 29 | 1.2 (1–15)∗ |
| ALP (U/l) | 4 | 88 (83–97) | 33 | 91 (38–574) |
| ALT (U/l) | 4 | 52 (41–88) | 33 | 35 (6–80)∗ |
| AST (U/l) | 4 | 245 (190–284) | 33 | 182 (1–305)∗ |
| AST/ALT | 4 | 5 (3–6) | 33 | 5 (0–23) |
| GGT (U/l) | 4 | 30 (23–34) | 33 | 36 (19–61)∗ |
| CK (U/l) | 4 | 148 (109–173) | 33 | 102 (11–269) |
| LDH (U/l) | 3 | 224 (221–227) | 29 | 211 (71–429) |
| AMS (U/l) | 4 | 6 (5–9) | 28 | 6 (0–374) |
| Calcium (mmol/l) | 4 | 2.6 (2.6–2.7) | 33 | 2.5 (2.1–2.9) |
| Phosphorus (mmol/l) | 4 | 1.5 (1.2–1.9) | 29 | 1.5 (0.5–2.7)∗ |
| Sodium (mmol/l) | 4 | 154 (153–156) | 33 | 157 (147–165) |
| Chloride (mmol/l) | 4 | 107 (104–111) | 33 | 109 (101–118) |
| Potassium (mmol/l) | 4 | 5.0 (4.5–6.9) | 33 | 4.3 (3.5–7.2)∗ |
| Mg (mmol/l) | 4 | 0.59 (0.5–0.6) | 19 | 0.8 (0.7–1.2)∗ |
| CO2 (mmol/l) | 4 | 30 (27–37) | 21 | 19 (8–31)∗ |
| Iron (μmol/l) | 4 | 30 (22–38) | 20 | 32 (6–59) |
Since a maximum of 33 pregnant dolphins and 22 NP AFs were sampled, only 50th percentile, minimum, and maximum (range) analyte values could be provided. aRepresents analytes which are different between pregnant and NP AFs as determined by bootstrap t-test (1,000 reps, P < 0.05) of 95% CI. ∗Represents analytes which are different from AMs as determined by bootstrap t-test (1,000 reps, P < 0.05) of 95% CI. The small serum chemistry sample size from NP AFs prohibited comparisons against adult pregnant females and AMs.