Blood Reference Intervals for Antillean Manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) from Puerto Rico

Table 6

Hematology reference intervals for West Indian manatees from Puerto Rico, Guyana, Mexico, Belize, Brazil, and Florida. Puerto Rico values included all samples (calves, subadults, and adults). Abbreviations for parameters are detailed in the materials and methods section. Columns with an asterisk () signify that the range values are minimum and maximum.

Parameter	Antillean manatees					Florida manatees
	Puerto Rico	Guyana [7]	Mexico [8]	Belize [9]	Brazil [14]	Florida [6]	Florida [25]
	n = 70	n = 11	n = 18	n = 82	n = 30	n = 23	n = 52
WBC (10^9/L)	4.0–8.0	4.6–8.6	3.9–9.1	3.4–7.9	4.4–11	4–12	2.8–14
RBC (10^6/mm^3)	2.1–3.3	2.2–2.8	2.3–3.3	2.2–3.0	2.5–3.0	2.4–3.4	2.2–3.4
Hb (g/dl)	9.0–14	8.9–11	9.8–13	9.5–12	9.1–11	9.8–13	9.4–14
HCT (%)	28–41	17–24	31–42	30–37	29–34	30–40	29–44
PLTS (10^3/mm^3)	207–390	—	138–266	156–384	—	195–412	111–424
Red blood cell indices
MCV (fL)	120–137	—	—	100–146	109–116	122–149	114–140
MCH (pg)	40–43	—	—	36–44	33–38	38–46	37–45
MCHC (g/dL)	31–34	—	30–33	29–35	29–33	30–33	28–35
RDW (%)	15–21	—	—	—	—	—	14–23
White blood cell differential
LYMPH (%)	28–57	—	—	—	—	—	—
MONO (%)	1–6	—	—	—	—	—	—
EOSIN (%)	0–3	—	—	—	—	0–0	—
BASO (%)	0–1	0–0	—	—	0–0	0–0	—
HET (%)	38–67	—	—	—	—	—	—