Table 1.

Haematological and serum biochemical parameters of domestic pigeons.

Parameter	Mean ± SD	Range	95 % CI
Erythrocytic parameters
Packed cells volume (%)	42.97 ± 4.53	32.0–53.0	41.8–44.14
Haemoglobin concentration (g/dL)	13.15 ± 1.82	9.46–16.46	12.68–13.61
Red blood cells (× 1012/L)	3.63 ± 0.50	2.73–4.53	3.51–3.76
Mean corpuscular volume (fL)	120.9 ± 13.41	90.23–150.5	117.5–124.4
Mean corpuscular haemoglobin (pg)	36.49 ± 5.11	21.91–51.67	35.17–37.81
Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (g/dL)	30.28 ± 3.70	18.71–40.33	29.33–31.24
Leukocytic parameters
Total leukocyte count (× 109/L)	23.35 ± 3.60	16.2–19.9	22.42–24.28
Heterophils count (× 109/L)	8.62 ± 1.84	5.6–14.66	8.14–9.09
Lymphocytes count (× 109/L)	13.12 ± 1.81	8.5–18.73	12.66–13.59
Heterophil/lymphocyte ratio	0.64 ± 0.18	0.43–1.18	0.59–0.69
Monocytes count (× 109/L)	1.41 ± 1.00	0.4–4.83	1.15–1.66
Eosinophils count (× 109/L)	0.32 ± 0.31	0.0–1.02	0.24–0.40
Basophils count (× 109/L)	0.14 ± 0.20	0.0–0.79	0.09–0.19
Serum biochemical parameters
Total protein (g/dL)	4.32 ± 0.74	3.2–6.2	4.13–4.51
Albumin (g/dL)	2.07 ± 0.30	1.52–2.73	1.99–2.15
Globulin (g/dL)	2.25 ± 0.74	1.03–4.25	2.05–2.44
Albumin/globulin ratio	1.04 ± 0.43	0.39–2.40	0.93–1.15
Urea (mg/dL)	0.48 ± 0.33	0.16–1.57	0.39–0.56
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.75 ± 0.52	0.24–2.76	0.62–0.88
Urea/creatinine ratio	0.73 ± 0.51	0.10–3.86	0.60–0.86