Table VII.
Normative Data for the Mouse
| Adult weight | |
| Male | 20–40 gm |
| Female | 18–35 gm |
| Life span | |
| Usual | 1–3 years |
| Maximum reported | 4 years |
| Surface area | 0.03–0.06 cm2 |
| Chromosome number (diploid) | 40 |
| Water consumption | 6.7 ml/8 weeks age |
| Food consumption | 5.0 gm/8 weeks age |
| Body temperature | 98.8°–99.3°F (37°-37.2°C) |
| Puberty | |
| Male | 28–49 days |
| Female | 28–49 days |
| Breeding season | None |
| Gestation | 19–21 days |
| Litter size | 4–12 pups |
| Birth weight | 1.0–1.5 gm |
| Eyes open | 12–13 days |
| Weaning | 21 days |
| Heart rate | 310–840 beats/min |
| Blood pressure | |
| Systolic | 133–160 mm Hg |
| Diastolic | 102–110 mm Hg |
| Blood volume | |
| Plasma | 3.15 ml/100 gm |
| Whole blood | 5.85 ml/100 gm |
| Respiration frequency | 163/min |
| Tidal volume | 0.18 (0.09–0.38) ml |
| Minute volume | 24 (11–36) ml/min |
| Stroke volume | 1.3–2.0 ml/beat |
| Plasma | |
| pH | 7.2–7.4 |
| co2 | 21.9mEq/L |
| CO2 pressure | 40 ± 5.4 mm Hg |
| Leukocyte count | |
| Total | 8.4(5.1–11.6) × 103/μ1 |
| Neutrophils | 17.9 (6.7–37.2)% |
| Lymphocytes | 69(63–75)% |
| Monocytes | 1.2(0.7–2.6)% |
| Eosinophils | 2.1 (0.9–3.8)% |
| Basophils | 0.5 (0–1.5)% |
| Platelets | 600 (100–1000) × 10 V |
| Packed cell volume | 44 (42–44)% |
| Red blood cells | 8.7–10.5 × 108/mm3 |
| Hemoglobin | 13.4 (12.2–16.2) gm/dl |
| Maximum volume of single bleeding | 5 ml/kg |
| Clotting time | 2–10 min |
| PTT | 55–110 sec |
| Prothrombin time | 7–19 sec |