Table 2.
Hematological and blood chemical values of the Savannah side-necked turtle (P. vogli).
| Analytes | n | Mean | SD | Median | Min–Max | LL (90% IC) | UL (90% IC) | p- value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCV (%) | 22 | 24.8 | 2.5 | 24.2 | 21.0–30.0 | 19.9 (18.3–21.4) | 29.6 (30.1–31.1) | 0.23 |
| TS (g/dL) | 25 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 1.5–7.0 | 1.9 (1.2–2.6) | 6.5 (7.7–7.1) | 0.43 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 24 | 6.5 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 4.2–9.7 | 3.7 (2.8–4.5) | 9.2 (9.3–10.0) | 0.50 |
| RBC (106/μL) | 28 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.23 | 0.12–0.37 | 0.09 (0.04–0.12) | 0.37 (0.33–0.41) | 0.20 |
| WBC (103/μL) | 28 | 3.55 | 1.20 | 3.41 | 1.39–5.55 | 1.19 (0.5–1.8) | 5.91 (5.2–6.5) | 0.27 |
| MCV (fL)a | 22 | 1,089 | 367 | 1,025 | 635–2,000 | 369 (143–596) | 1,810 (2,000–2,036) | 0.05 |
| MCH (pg) | 24 | 324.1 | 129.0 | 298.6 | 135.1–608.3 | 65.8 (0–143.5) | 582.3 (608.5–660.0) | 0.17 |
| MCHC (g/dL) | 19 | 26.0 | 4.7 | 26.2 | 17.5–35.3 | 16.4 (13.1–19.6) | 35.5 (35.2–38.7) | 0.61 |
| Heterophils (%) | 28 | 45.8 | 12.4 | 43.5 | 24.0–73.0 | 21.6 (14.8–28.3) | 70.0 (73.2–76.7) | 0.73 |
| Lymphocytes (%) | 28 | 25.8 | 11.0 | 25.5 | 1.0–47.0 | 4.3 (0–10.2) | 47.3 (47.3–53.2) | 0.93 |
| Eosinophils (%)a | 28 | 16.9 | 6.2 | 15.5 | 5.0–28.0 | 4.7 (1.2–8.0) | 29.0 (28.6–32.4) | 0.30 |
| Monocytes (%) | 28 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 3.0–14.0 | 0.2 (0–1.7) | 12.2 (14.7–14.1) | 0.01 |
| Basophils (%)b | 27 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 0.0–10.0 | - | - | 0.03 |
| Azurophils (%)b | 27 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0–2.0 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Heterophils (103/μL) | 28 | 1.50 | 0.40 | 1.42 | 0.79–2.39 | 0.71 (0.46–0.89) | 2.29 (2.00–2.42) | 0.73 |
| Lymphocytes (103/μL) | 28 | 0.84 | 0.36 | 0.84 | 0.03–1.54 | 0.14 (0–0.33) | 1.55 (1.30–1.68) | 0.93 |
| Eosinophils (103/μL) | 28 | 0.55 | 0.20 | 0.51 | 0.16–0.92 | 0.15 (0.04–0.26) | 0.95 (0.83–1.06) | 0.30 |
| Monocytes (103/μL) | 28 | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.10–0.46 | 0.01 (0–0.05) | 0.40 (0.32–0.46) | 0.01 |
| Basophils (103/μL) b | 24 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.0–0.33 | 0 | 0.33 (0.26–0.39) | 0.02 |
| Azurophils (103/μL) b | 28 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.0–0.07 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 25 | 68.0 | 14.3 | 67.0 | 47.0–99.0 | 39.9 (31.6–48.2) | 96.2 (99.8–104.4) | 0.16 |
| Albumin (g/dL) | 25 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.8–2.2 | 1.0 (0.78–1.12) | 2.1 (2.9–2.2) | 0.37 |
| ALT (U/L) | 24 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 5.0 | 1.0–8.0 | 1.7 (0.80–2.68) | 8.0 (8.0–8.9) | 0.31 |
| AST (U/L) | 24 | 129.1 | 36.5 | 123.0 | 79.0–215.0 | 57.6 (36.0–79.1) | 200.7 (215.1–222.2) | 0.10 |
| ALP (U/L) | 25 | 91.9 | 30.5 | 91.0 | 32.0–151.0 | 32.1 (14.5–49.7) | 151.6 (151.0–169.2) | 0.94 |
| Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 24 | 120.0 | 32.8 | 115.5 | 43.0–177.0 | 55.6 (36.2–74.9) | 184.3 (177.9–203.6) | 0.84 |
| Uric Acid (mg/dL) | 25 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.6–1.8 | 0.4 (0.19–0.56) | 1.7 (1.4–1.8) | 0.09 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) a.b | 25 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2–0.4 | - | - | 0.00 |
SD, standard deviation; LL, lower limit; UL, upper limit; CI, confidence interval; TS, total solids; RBC, red blood cell count; WBC, white blood cell count; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MHC, mean hemoglobin concentration; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; p-value, p-value for normality test.
a
Parameters with significant differences between the sexes (P < 0.05); for specific information. see Supplementary Table 1.
b
RI and CI were not established due to the inability of the software to perform the bootstrap.