PARAMETERS

DONKEY

DONKEY AVERAGE

PONIES

DONKEYS UNDER AGE 2

YOUNG AVERAGE

Physiological

Temperature (F)

97.2 - 100

100 - 101

97.8 – 102.1

99.6

Pulse, Beats per minute

36 - 68

44

36 - 44

44 - 80

60

Respirations, per minute

12 - 44

20

10 - 14

16 - 48

28

Hematological

White Blood Count

6.1 – 16.1

10.2

7.8 – 21.9

13.5

Neutrophils

28 - 78

50.5

25 - 71

45

Neutrophils Count

2.2 – 13.3

5

3.3 - 14

6.3

Lymphocytes

17 - 65

43

16 – 67.5

50

Lymphocyte Count

1.8 – 7.8

4.2

2.5 - 14

6.2

Eosinophils

1 - 10

4

0 - 10

2

Eosinophil Count

0.09 – 1.15

0.38

0 – 1.63

0.30

Basophils

0 – 0.08

0

0 - 0

0

Basophil Count

0 – 0.5

0

0 - 0

0

Monocytes

0 - 5

1

0 - 6

1

Monocytes Count

0 – 0.80

0.13

0 – 0.81

0.16

Total Red Blood Cell Count

4 – 7.3

5.5

8 - 12

5.0 – 8.1

6.3

Packed Cell Volume (liter)

0.25 – 0.38

0.33

0.40 – 0.55

0.27 – 0.43

0.34

Hemoglobin

9 – 15.3

11.6

13.6

9.3 - 15

11.6

Mean Corpuscular Volume (femtolitre)

57 - 79

64

36.5

49 – 70.5

54

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (picograms)

18.9 – 23.6

21.9

16.4 - 25

18.5

Mean Corpuscular Concentration (g/100ml)

31.4 – 39.1

34.8

Biochemical

Creatinine (umol/l)

53 - 141

75

134

61 - 107

83

Creatinine Phosphokinase (IU/L)

15 - 149

40

21 - 180

41

Total Bilirubin (umol/l)

1.4 – 7.7

2.7

10.3 – 3.4

1.4 – 6.1

2.7

Urea (mmol/l)

1.9 – 7.6

3.9

1.5 – 6.1

3.7

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

0.2 – 4.3

1

0.2 – 2.0

0.7

Total Protein (g/l)

58 - 82

70

53 - 78

64

Albumin (g/l)

20 - 34

28

21 - 32

28

Total Globulins (g/l)

29 - 53

40

23 - 50

34

Glutamyl Transferase (1U/L)

8 - 49

17

8 - 39

16

Glutamate Dehydrogenase (1U/L)

0.4 - 8

1.6

0.4 – 3.9

1.2

Immunogramma Globulin T (1U/L)

1 - 4

1

1 - 6

1

Aspartate Aminotransferase (1U/L)

59 - 199

109

63 - 172

103

Glutathione Peroxidase (1U/L)

4.5 - 51

12.1

Alkaline Phosphatase (1 U/L)

150 - 563

265

212 - 576

305

Sorbitol Dehydrogenase (1 U/L)

0 – 1.5

0.3

0.1 - 1

0.4