Hematologic reference intervals of Danish sows at mid-gestation

Table 2 Leukocyte variables’ reference intervals of Danish sows at mid-gestation

Variable	Unit	N	Mean	Median	Range (min–max)	Reference limits with 90% confidence limits (CL)
Variable	Unit	N	Mean	Median	Range (min–max)	Lower (90% CL)	Upper (90% CL)
WBCP	10⁹/L	223	15.79	15.57	8.67–23.64	10.12 (9.67–10.82)	22.24 (21.49–22.88)
WBCB	10⁹/L	223	15.09	14.09	8.01–22.89	9.81 (9.12–10.81)	21.35 (20.73–22.46)
Neutrophils	10⁹/L	223	5.97	5.58	2.06–11.95	3.04 (2.23–3.34)	10.94 (9.73–11.64)
Neutrophils	%	223	38.4	38.0	22.6–57.8	26.4 (24.4–27.9)	55.1 (52.8–57.5)
Eosinophils	10⁹/L	223	1.16	1.05	0.07–3.75	0.19 (0.11–0.38)	2.81 (2.50–3.18)
Eosinophils	%	223	7.4	6.9	0.5–19.0	1.5 (0.9–2.9)	16.1 (13.6–17.7)
Basophils	10⁹/L	223	0.13	0.12	0.04–0.32	0.05 (0.05–0.06)	0.24 (0.22–0.28)
Basophils	%	223	0.8	0.8	0.4–1.7	0.5 (0.4–0.5)	1.4 (1.2–1.6)
Monocytes	10⁹/L	223	0.64	0.60	0.14–1.26	0.32 (0.24–0.38)	1.15 (1.02–1.25)
Monocytes	%	223	4.2	4.0	1.4–7.4	2.7 (2.2–2.8)	6.4 (6.1–7.3)
Lymphocytes	10⁹/L	223	7.28	7.18	3.50–12.52	4.56 (3.73–4.86)	11.25 (9.91–11.98)
Lymphocytes	%	223	47.8	48.2	30.4–68.2	33.9 (31.9–34.6)	59.9 (58.6–64.0)
LUC	10⁹/L	223	0.22	0.22	0.02–0.68	0.04 (0.02–0.05)	0.48 (0.44–0.61)
LUC	%	223	1.4	1.4	0.1–3.5	0.3 (0.2–0.4)	2.8 (2.6–3.5)

The number of digits after decimal point is presented as received from the analyser
WBCP white blood cell determined by peroxidase method, WBCB white blood cell determined by basophile method, LUC large unstained cells, Min minimum, Max maximum

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