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. 2017 Nov 17:532–557. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-44450-7.00011-4

Table 11-8.

Hematologic and Biochemical Values of Ferrets.22,43,52

Measurements Female Male
Hematologya
PCV (%) 34.6-55 33.6-61
RBC (106/μL) 6.77-9.76 7.1-13.2
Hgb (g/dL) 11.9-17.4 12-18.5
MCV (fL) 44.4-53.7 42.6-52.5
MCH (pg) 16.4-19.4 13.7-19.7
MCHC (g/dL) 33.2-42.2 30.3-34.9
WBC (103/μL) 2.5-18.2 4.4-19.1
    • Neutrophils (%)
 12-84 11-82
    • Band cells (%)
 0-4.2 0-2.2
    • Lymphocytes (%)
 12-95 12-73
    • Monocytes (%)
 1-8 0-9
    • Eosinophils (%)
 0-9 0-8.5
    • Basophils (%)
 0-2.9 0-2.7
    • Platelets (103/μL)
 264-910 297-730
    • Reticulocytes (%)
 2-14 1-12
Biochemistries
ALP (U/L) 3-62 11-120
ALT (U/L) 54-280 54-289
AST (U/L) 40-120 28-248
Bilirubin, total (mg/dL) 0-1 0-0.1
Bile acids (μmol/L) 0.0-28.9 0.0-28.9
BUN (mg/dL) 10-45 11-42
Calcium (mg/dL) 8-10.2 8.3-11.8
Carbon dioxide (mEq/L) 16.5-27.8 12.2-28
Chloride (mEq/L) 112-124 102-126
Cholesterol (mg/dL) 122-296 64-221
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.2-1 0.2-1
GGT (U/L) 0-5 0-5
Glucose (mg/dL) 85-207 62.5-198
LDH (U/L) — 241-752
Lipase (U/L) — 0-200
Phosphorus (mg/dL) 4.2-10.1 4-8.7
Potassium (mEq/L) 4.2-7.7 4.1-7.3
Protein, total (g/dL) 5.1-7.2 5.3-7.4
    • Albumin (g/dL)
 3.2-4.1 2.8-4.2
    • Globulin (g/dL)
 2.2-3.2 2-4
    • Albumin:globulin
 1-1.6 0.8-2.1
Sodium (mEq/L) 142-156 137-162
Triglycerides (mg/dL) — 10-32
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Several of these hematology values were obtained from ferrets under isoflurane anesthesia. This can artificially lower red cell indices and may be responsible for the wide ranges in some values.