Hematologic Reference Ranges a

Conventional SI Dog Cat Cow Horse Pig Sheep Goat Rabbit Llama Vietnamese Ostrich
(USA) Units Units Potbellied
Pig

PCV (hematocrit) % 102 35 30 2446 27 3643 2745 2238 3350 2939 3751 32
L/L 57(25 45(24 43c (26
34)b 34)b 35)b

Hemoglobin (Hgb) g/dL 10 1219 1015 815 1016 913 9-15 812 1017 1318 1115 12
g/L

Red blood cells 106/L 1012 5.07.9 5.0 5.0 6.0 57 915 818 58 1118 68 1.7
g/L 10.0 10.0 10.4

Reticulocytes % % 01.0 00.6 0 0 012 0 0

Mean corpuscular fL fL 6677 3955 4060 3749 5262 2840 1625 5867 2128 4768 174
volume

Mean corpuscular pg pg 21.0 1317 1117 13.7 1724 812 5.28 1724 4347 1422 61
Hgb 26.2 18.2

Mean corpuscular g/dL 10 32.0 3036 3036 35.3 2934 3134 3036 2937 2833 33
Hgb g/L 36.3 39.3
concentration

Platelets 103/L 211 300 100 117 200 250 300 250
109/L 621 800 800 256 500 750 600 650

White blood cells 103/L 5.0 5.5 4.0 5.6 1122 412 413 5 7.5 1938 5.5
109/L 14.1 19.5 12.0 12.1 12.5 21.5

Neutrophils % % 5885 4564 1533 5270 2070 1050 3048 2075 6074 1863 63d

(segmented) 103/L 2.9 2.5 0.6 2.9 215 0.7 1.2 19.4 4.6 3.324 3.4
109/L 12.0 12.5 4.0 8.5 6.0 7.2 16

Neutrophils % % 03 02 02 01 04 0 rare 01 01
 (band) 103/L 00.45 00.3 00.1 00.1 00.8 0 00.4
9 0.35
10 /L

Lymphocytes % % 821 2736 6263 2142 3575 4075 5070 3085 1335 2470 34

103/L 0.42.9 1.57.0 2.5 1.2 3.8 29 29 1.6 17.5 4.527 188
109/L 7.5 5.1 16.5 10.6

Monocytes % % 210 05 08 06 010 06 04 14 14 313 2.8

103/L 0.11.4 00.9 00.9 00.7 01 0 0 0.05 0.05 0.65.0 0.15

9 0.75 0.55 0.5 0.8
10 /L

Eosinophils % % 09 04 020 07 015 010 18 14 015 112 0.3

103/L 01.3 00.8 02.4 00.8 01.5 01 0.05 0.05 03.3 0.24.6 0.02
109/L 0.65 0.5

Basophils % % 01 01 02 02 03 03 01 17 02 0 0.2

103/L 00.1 00.2 00.2 00.3 00.5 00.3 0 0.05 00.4 00.4
9 0.12 0.9
10 /L

Myeloid/erythroid 0.75 0.6 0.3 0.5 1.2 0.8 0.7

ratio 2.5:1 3.9:1 1.8:1 1.5:1 2.2:1 1.7:1 1.0:1

Plasma proteinse g/dL 10 6.07.5 6.07.5 6.0 6.0 68 67.5 6 5.4 5.48.5
g/L 8.0 8.5 7.75 8.3

Plasma fibrinogen g/dL 10 0.15 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.10.4
g/L 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4

a
Adapted, with permission, in part from Latimer K.S., Mahaffey E.A., and Prasse K.W., Duncan and Prasse's Veterinary Laboratory Medicine: Clinical Pathology, 4th ed., Wiley-Blackwell, 2003.
Reference ranges vary between laboratories. Using values supplied by the laboratory that is routinely used is recommended.
b
5- to 6-wk-old pups, kittens; 3- to 45-day-old pigs
c
Lower in foals and cold-blooded horses
d
Heterophil
e
Lower in young animals
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