Normative Values

Publisher Summary The purpose of this chapter is to provide supplemental normative values and references for a number of the species. Some values may not be widely applicable to contemporary housing and husbandry conditions. The normative values presented here have been influenced by the laboratory test, animal source, animal genotype, age, gender, blood sampling method, use of anesthesia, or feed or housing conditions of the animals tested. Some normative values may have been derived from feral or newly confined animals. For this reason, it is always recommended that control tests be run concurrently with tests for animals that are suspected to be ill prior to making final diagnostic conclusions or selecting treatment regimens.