Table 1.

Reference intervals for erythrocyte indices in healthy mice of mixed breeds

Erythrogram
Parameters (Unit)	SWISS (mean ± SD)		BALB/c (mean ± SD)		C57BL/6 (mean ± SD)		B6D2F1 (mean ± SD)
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
BW (g)	35.55 ± 2.66	29.35 ± 1.19	27.03 ± 1.39	20.80 ± 0.67	27.02 ± 1.22	20.01 ± 2.20	37.43 ± 1.36	32.75 ± 1.51
RBC (×106/µL)	7.42 ± 0.85	7.74 ± 0.69	9.00 ± 0.44	9.08 ± 0.62	8.45 ± 1.15	8.86 ± 1.01	8.70 ± 1.17	7.99 ± 0.69
HCT (%)	39.81 ± 1.64	40.74 ± 1.71	43.52 ± 2.89	42.57 ± 3.68	41.91 ± 3.41	37.14 ± 3.46	46.19 ± 5.67	42.73 ± 2.20
HGB (g/dL)	12.92 ± 0.34	13.45 ± 0.71	13.64 ± 0.74	13.82 ± 1.07	13.13 ± 0.97	12.01 ± 1.02	13.89 ± 0.99	13.03 ± 0.15
MCV (fL)	57.81 ± 7.79	54.56 ± 5.17	49.23 ± 1.98	47.73 ± 4.26	50.74 ± 3.18	42.69 ± 8.51	53.09 ± 0.69	54.09 ± 1.94
MCH (pg)	18.58 ± 2.03	17.52 ± 2.21	15.56 ± 1.01	14.48 ± 1.04	16.23 ± 1.38	14.10 ± 2.56	16.19 ± 1.06	16.59 ± 1.28
MCHC (g/dL)	31.78 ± 0.97	32.57 ± 1.02	31.77 ± 1.50	33.00 ± 2.60	31.03 ± 2.04	28.94 ± 1.24	30.43 ± 1.61	30.59 ± 1.19
RDW‐CV (%)	15.64 ± 1.47	16.55 ± 1.72	16.34 ± 1.22	14.47 ± 0.88	15.33 ± 0.71	14.33 ± 1.60	20.80 ± 4.10	21.99 ± 5.29
RDW‐SD (fL)	29.23 ± 0.75	31.16 ± 2.80	28.90 ± 2.11	27.30 ± 2.97	31.55 ± 1.40	29.09 ± 3.25	36.04 ± 4.75	39.20 ± 7.61

CBCs were performed in an automated veterinary hematology counter pocH‐100iV Diff™ (Sysmex^® ‐ Roche). Data show means ± standard deviation (SD), calculated with GraphPad Prism version 6.01.

Abbreviations: BW, body weight; HCT, hematocrit; HGB, hemoglobin concentration; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; RBC, red blood cell; RDW‐CV, red cell distribution width ‐ coefficient of variation; RDW‐SD, red blood cells dimension width ‐ standard deviation.