Table VIII.
Clinical Chemistry Reference Ranges for Adult Micea
| CD-I |
C57BL/6 |
BALB/cBy |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyte | Units | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| Serum | |||||||
| Glucose | mg/dl | 112 ± 38.1 | 97 ± 39.9 | 121.7 ± 33.2 | 134.4 ± 20.3 | 171.6 ± 57.2 | 174.9 ± 31.0 |
| Urea nitrogen | mg/dl | 38 ± 20.1 | 37 ± 16 | 32.7 ± 3.5 | 23.6 ± 5.3 | ||
| Creatinine | mg/dl | 1.10 ± 0.45 | 0.50 ± 0.08 | 0.84 ± 0.298 | 0.43 ± 0.14 | 0.45 ± 0.07 | |
| Sodium | mEq/liter | 166 ± 8.6 | 166 ± 4.1 | 166.7 ± 8.9 | 160.8 ± 4.40 | 157.8 ± 5.7 | 157 ± 6.70 |
| Potassium | mEq/liter | 8.0 ± 0.85 | 7.8 ± 0.75 | ||||
| Chloride | mEq/liter | 125 ± 7.2 | 130 ± 3.9 | ||||
| Calcium | mg/dl | 8.90 ± 2.06 | 10.30 ± 1.58 | 8.10 ± 0.80 | |||
| Phosphorus | mg/dl | 8.30 ± 1.46 | 8.00 ± 1.85 | 5.95 ± 0.63 | |||
| Magnesium | mg/dl | 3.11 ± 0.37 | 1.38 ± 0.28 | ||||
| Iron | μg/dl | 474 ± 44 | 473 ± 16 | ||||
| Alanine aminotransferase | IU/liter | 99 ± 86.3 | 49 ± 22.6 | 41.4 ± 16.4 | 29.3 ± 7.1 | ||
| Aspartate aminotransferase | IU/liter | 196 ± 132.6 | 128 ± 60.6 | 99.5 ± 33.4 | 73.6 ± 15.3 | ||
| Alkaline phosphatase | IU/liter | 39 ± 25.7 | 51 ± 27.3 | 59 ± 11.4 | 118 ± 15.9 | ||
| Lactate dehydrogenase | IU/liter | 378 ± 269 | |||||
| Protein, total | g/liter | 44 ± 11.0 | 48 ± 8.5 | 53.9 ± 7.5 | 63.5 ± 8.8 | 55.7 ± 8.9 | 54.6 ± 8.3 |
| Albumin | g/liter | 36.7 ± 5.2 | 46.4 ± 7.0 | 31.7 ± 4.7 | 39.3 ± 5.4 | ||
| Cholesterol | mg/dl | 114 ± 56.3 | 72 ± 20.1 | 94.8 ± 16.9 | 92 ± 15.9 | 150.4 ± 29.9 | 118.2 ± 36.1 |
| Triglycerides | mg/dl | 91 ± 58.5 | 53 ± 23.6 | 97 ± 21.1 | 78 ± 12.2 | ||
| Bilirubin | mg/dl | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 0.5 ± 0.35 | 0.7 ± 0.15 | |||
| Male | Female | Female | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luteinizing hormone | ng/ml | 10–40 | 20–40 (basal) | 1500–2000 (proestrus) | |||
| Follicle stimulating hormone | ng/ml | 80–120 (basal) | 250–300 (proestrus/estrus) | ||||
| Prolactin | ng/ml | <1 | 10–20 | ||||
| Growth hormone | ng/ml | 1–90 | |||||
| Thyroid stimulating hormone | ng/ml | 300 | |||||
| Thyroxine | μgdl | 7.4 ± 0.5 (BALB/c) | |||||
| Corticosterone | Kg/dl | 9 (start of dark period) | 40 (middle of dark period) | ||||
| 5 (start of light period) | |||||||
| Epinephrine | pg/dl | 0–200 | |||||
| Norepinephrine | pg/dl | 30–300 | |||||
| Progesterone | ng/ml | 5 (early proestrus) | 35 (late proestrus, estrus) | ||||
| Estradiol | pg/ml | 1–5 (basal) | |||||
| Testosterone | ng/ml | 1.5–2.0 | |||||
| Urine | |||||||
| Volume | ml/16 hr | 1.6 ± 0.9 | 1.7 ± 1.1 | ||||
| Specific gravity | 1.0341 ± 0.005 | ||||||
| pH | 5.011 | ||||||
| Osmolality | Osm/kg | 1.06–2.63 | |||||
| Creatinine | mg/100g/24 hr | 2.6 ± 0.91 | |||||
| Glucose | mg/24 hr | 0.53 ± 0.19 | |||||
| Protein | mg/24 hr | 0.7 ± 0.33 | 3.21 ± 1.05(B6C3F1) | ||||
| Albumin | mg/ml | 11.9 ± 0.2 |
a
Summarized from Loeb and Quimby (1999).