Haematological reference intervals for pregnant Icelandic mares on pasture

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for haematological values, serum total protein and age for Icelandic broodmares and outliers that were removed from the data

Analyte	Unit	N	Min	Mean	SD	Median	Max	Outlier
RBC	x10¹²/L	183	5.83	8.40	0.982	8.31	11.44
Hct	%	182	26.2	38.9	4.4	38.8	52.5	56.4
Hgb	g/L	183	99	137	13.7	137	185
MCV	fL	183	37.5	46.6	3.354	46.5	55.2
MCH	pg	183	13.5	16.4	1.078	16.5	19.2
MCHC	g/L	183	320	353	11.15	354	378
RDW	%	183	26.1	30.8	2.22	30.7	37.4
WBC	x10⁹/L	182	5.21	9.42	1.656	9.26	13.72	16.22
NEU	x10⁹/L	183	1.80	4.47	0.861	4.41	7.27
LYM	x10⁹/L	182	1.48	3.51	1.005	3.35	7.05	7.79
MONO	x10⁹/L	182	0.27	0.56	0.125	0.56	0.85	1.11
EOS	x10⁹/L	183	0.18	0.82	0.440	0.74	3.13
BASO	x10⁹/L	182	0.01	0.07	0.039	0.06	0.23	0.71
TP	g/L	157	58	71.8	5.5	72	85
Age	years	183	4.0	11.3	4.4	11.0	22.0

Blood samples from pregnant Icelandic broodmares kept on pasture were analysed using IDEXX ProCyte Dx analyser (haematological values) and IDEXX Catalyst One analyser (serum total protein values). Serum samples from 166 mares were available, out of which nine were not analysed due to haemolysis. Five haematological values were outliers and therefore removed from the data
RBC red blood cell count, Hct haematocrit, Hgb haemoglobin, MCV mean corpuscular volume, MCH mean corpuscular haemoglobin, MCHC mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, RDW red cell distribution width, WBC white blood cell count, NEU neutrophil count, LYM lymphocyte count, MONO monocyte count, EOS eosinophil count, BASO basophil count, TP serum total protein

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