Table 2-1.
Reference Intervals for Hematologic Values in Ferrets
| Value | Combined Sexa | ALBINO37 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maleb | Female | Malec | Female | ||
| Hematocrit (%) | 36-48 | 44-61 | 42-55 | 46-57 | 47-51 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 12.2-16.5 | 16.3-18.2 | 14.8-17.4 | 15.2-17.7 | 15.2-17.4 |
| Red blood cells (×106/μL) | 7.01-9.65 | 7.30-12.18 | 6.77-9.76 | - | - |
| Reticulocytes (%) | - | 1-12 | 2-14 | - | - |
| White blood cells (×103/μL) | 4.3-10.7 | 4.4-19.1 | 4.0-18.2 | 5.6-10.8 | 2.5-8.6 |
| Neutrophils (%) | 18-47 | 11-82 | 43-84 | - | - |
| (cells/μL) | - | - | - | 616-7020 | 725-2409 |
| Lymphocytes (%) | 41-73 | 12-54 | 12-50 | - | - |
| (cells/μL) | - | - | - | 1728-4704 | 1475-5590 |
| Monocytes (%) | 0-4 | 0-9 | 2-8 | - | - |
| (cells/μL) | - | - | - | 0-432 | 100-372 |
| Eosinophils (%) | 0-4 | 0-7 | 0-5 | - | - |
| (cells/μL) | - | - | - | 112-768 | 50-516 |
| Basophils (%) | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | - | - |
| (cells/μL) | - | - | - | 0-112 | 0-172 |
| Bands (cells/μL) | - | - | - | 0-972 | 0-248 |
| Platelets (×103/μL) | 200-459 | 297-730 | 310-910 | - | - |
| Mean corpuscular volume (fL) | 50-54 | - | - | - | - |
| Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (g/dL) | 15-18 | - | - | - | - |
| Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (g/dL) | 32-35 | - | - | - | - |
a
Combined male and female pet ferrets (n = 60). From Cray C, Avian and Wildlife Laboratory, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
b
Intact males.
c
Castrated males.