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. 2020 Mar 13;11:216. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00216

TABLE 1.

Descriptive statistics for complete blood count (CBC) traits in Blood 1, Blood 3, and Blood 4 after removing outliers, including the number of animals per trait (n), mean, standard deviation (SD), minimum (Min), and maximum (Max) values.

Traits1 Blood 1 Blood 3 Blood 4 Reference intervals2
n Mean SD Min Max n Mean SD Min Max n Mean SD Min Max 0 to 42 days 42 day to 2 years
WBC, 103/μL 2222 11.47 3.67 5.64 28.21 2284 19.11 5.09 8.28 36.53 1802 21.92 6.15 9.23 43.01 9.62–25.20 11.35–28.90
NEU, 103/μL 2375 4.76 2.38 1.33 14.71 2322 10.34 4.01 1.64 23.61 1808 9.95 4.65 2.48 28.37 2.35–11.90 2.00–10.40
LYM, 103/μL 2425 5.61 1.85 2.39 12.65 2326 6.47 2.21 2.06 13.57 1840 9.82 3.11 3.67 21.09 4.02–12.50 5.30–17.90
MONO, 103/μL 2440 0.32 0.21 0.04 1.23 2364 0.82 0.59 0.05 3.70 1890 1.01 0.74 0 4.06 0.05–2.30 0–3.70
EOS, 103/μL 2474 0.47 0.40 0 2.61 2213 0.71 0.75 0.12 4.35 1807 0.60 0.48 0.12 3.01 0–0.50 0–1.30
BASO, 103/μL 2096 0.13 0.23 0.02 1.69 2264 0.84 1.36 0.06 8.51 1798 0.33 0.32 0.05 2.09 NA3 NA
RBC, 106/μL 2373 6.15 0.60 4.27 7.52 2242 5.79 0.67 3.82 7.55 1767 6.28 0.57 4.51 7.67 4.87–7.88 5.88–8.19
HGB, g/L 2434 116.45 13.46 73 148 2239 100.59 10.35 68 126 1730 104.95 9.71 69 125 80.8–119 112–147
HCT,% 2310 37.12 4.10 24 44 2228 32.81 3.63 22.10 41.80 1723 35.25 3.14 28 43 28.22–39.80 32.30–42.60
MCV, fL 2444 61.25 5.45 44.5 73.40 2339 57.02 3.59 49.60 69.50 1879 55.78 3.42 46.80 65.40 43.40–64.50 47.50–59.20
MCH, pg 2318 18.73 2.03 12.50 23.60 2153 17.52 1.26 14.70 21.80 1719 16.72 1.19 13.40 20.10 12.40–19.30 16.30–20.60
MCHC, g/L 2245 305.88 12.06 274 340 2150 307.40 15.77 268 366 1708 300.22 13.31 264 345 273–314 333–358
RDW,% 2473 21.97 4.02 15.80 39.90 2321 18.45 1.61 15.90 25.10 1873 18.61 1.40 15.60 23.10 NA NA
PLT, 103/μL 2457 285.13 177.18 0 949 2351 365.46 182.69 35 1062 1872 337.08 150.87 47 784 374.3–1080.8 118.9–522.9
MPV, fL 2435 14.63 3.35 8.30 26.20 2180 15.33 3.72 10.10 30.80 1849 13.57 2.01 9.30 20.50 NA NA

1WBC: total white blood cell concentration; NEU: neutrophil concentration; LYM: lymphocyte concentration; MONO: monocyte concentration; EOS: eosinophil concentration; BASO: basophil concentration; RBC: red blood cell concentration; HGB: hemoglobin concentration; HCT: hematocrit; MCV: mean corpuscular volume; MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; RDW: red blood cell distribution width; PLT: platelet concentration; MPV: mean platelet volume. 2Suggested reference intervals for CBC traits of 0 to 42 days-old pigs and 42 days-old to 2 years-old pigs (Iowa State University’s Clinical Pathology Laboratory, 2011). 3Not applicable.