ABSTRACT
Constituent Units Dog Cat Horse Cow Pig Sheep AG (plasma)
(Na+) – (Cl-+HCO3-) mEq/L 10-16 12-19 9 11-25 20-21 14-18 Ammonia (NH3) μmol/L 0-40 0-40 0-40 – – – ALP (SAP) IU/L 12-127 10-79 109-352 29-99 26-362 68-387 ALT (SGPT) IU/L 14-86 25-145 4-12 17-37 32-84 60-84 AST (SGOT) IU/L 9-54 5-42 189-385 48-100 9-113 98-278 Amylase IU/L 409-1250 496-1940 9-34 12-107 – – Bicarbonate mEq/L 18-24 17-21 20-28 17-29 18-27 20-25 Bile acids – fast μmol/L <5 <2 <15 – – –
Postprandial μmol/L <15 <15 – – – – Bilirubin (total) mg/dl 0.10-0.30 0.10-0.30 0.3-3.10 0.04-0.74 0-0.6 0.1-0.39
Direct mg/dl 0.06-0.12 0.05-0.07 0.0-0.50 0-0.3 0-0.3 0-0.12 Indirect mg/dl 0.04-0.18 0.05-0.23 0.2-3.00 0.04-0.44 0-0.3 0.1-0.27
BUN mg/dl 8-30 15-33 11-27 10-26 8-24 18-31 Calcium mg/dl 9.4-11.8 8.8-11.7 11.0-13.9 7.9-10.0 8-12 10.4-13 Chloride mEq/L 106-116 110-125 99-105 94-104 100-105 98-115 Cholesterol mg/dl 82-355 38-186 77-258 87-254 36-54 50-140 Cholinesterase IU/L 1347-2269 1000-2000 – – – – CO2 (content) mEq/L 14-28 13-22 24-31 24-32 18-26 21-28
Pco2 mmHg 38 36 42 40 – 41 Cortisol (basal) μg/dl 1.0-6.8 0.3-2.6 – – – – CPK (CK) IU/L 22-422 59-527 58-524 44-228 24-225 81-129 Creatinine mg/dl 0.6-2.0 0.9-2.1 1.0-1.9 0.7-1.1 1.0-2.7 1.2-1.9 Fibrinogen g/L 1-4 1-3 1-5 2-7 1-5 1-5 Folate μg/L 7.5-17.5 13.4-38 – – – – GGT IU/L 2-10 0-5 5-24 20-48 – – Glucose mg/dl 67-135 70-120 60-128 37-71 65-95 50-80 Hemoglobin g/L 130-190 90-150 110-170 80-150 100-180 80-160 Hct (PCV) % 37-54 30-47 32-47 24-46 33-50 24-49 Iron μg/dl 84-233 65-233 74-209 57-162 91-199 166-222 LDH IU/L 10-36 16-69 41-104 178-365 96-150 60-111 Lipase IU/L 13-200 0-83 – – – – Magnesium mEq/L 1.8-2.6 2.0-2.7 1.8-2.6 1.4-2.3 2.7-3.7 2.2-2.8 Osmolarity mosm/L 291-315 292-356 282-302 – – – pH pH units 7.31-7.42 7.24-7.40 7.32-7.44 7.31-7.53 – 7.32-7.54 Phosphorus (Pi) mg/dl 2.6-7.2 3.0-6.3 1.9-6.0 4.6-9.0 5.3-9.6 5.0-7.3 Potassium mEq/L 3.7-5.4 3.4-5.2 2.7-4.8 4.0-5.3 4.9-7.0 4.0-6.0 Protein (total) g/dl 5.5-7.8 6.0-8.4 5.6-7.0 5.9-7.7 7.0-8.9 6.0-7.9
Albumin g/dl 2.8-4.0 2.2-4.0 2.4-4.0 2.7-4.3 1.9-3.3 2.4-3.9 Globulin g/dl 2.3-4.2 2.5-5.8 2.5-4.9 2.5-4.1 5.3-6.4 3.5-5.7
SDH IU/L 2.9-8.2 3.9-7.7 1.9-5.8 4.3-15.3 1-6 6-28 SID mEq/L 34 33-36 29-37 40-42 39-47 38-39 Sodium mEq/L 140-150 146-158 128-142 136-144 139-152 136-154 T3 ng/dl 85-250 85-250 – – – – T4 μg/dl 1.2-3.0 1.2-3.0 – – – – T4 (free) ng/dl 0.7-3.0 – – – – – TG mg/dl 29-40 25-191 9-52 0-14 – –
Constituent Units Dog Cat Horse Cow Pig Sheep Other Miscellaneous Variables
Body Temperature °F 99.5-102.5 100-102.5 99-100.5 100-102.5 100.5-104 102-104 Respiration Per min 10-30 20-30 8-16 10-30 10-20 10-20 Pulse Per min 60-120 110-130 28-40 40-80 60-80 70-80 Urine SG 1.025 1.030 1.040 1.032 1.012 1.030 Urine pH Acidic Acidic Alkaline Alkaline Neutral Alkaline
Data from various sources, including the Tufts Small and Large Animal Hospitals, and the Veterinary Laboratory Medicine (Interpretation and Diagnosis) text by Meyer DJ, and Harvey JW. It should be noted, however, that most all of the standard ranges presented in this table will vary to some degree between and within diagnostic laboratories.
