The aim of this study was to objectively evaluate the biological variation of healthy Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) hematology and biochemistry parameters, therefore enabling evidence-based clinical decision-making to improve patient management. Ten clinically healthy elephants had blood samples collected weekly for 5 wk under standardized conditions. The analytical, between- and within-individual variation, index of individuality, and reference change values were calculated using previously reported methods. Large between-individual variation and small within-individual variation for almost all parameters indicated that individual normal values should be used for interpreting blood results from Asian elephants.
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16 November 2020
BIOLOGICAL VARIATION OF HEMATOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY PARAMETERS FOR THE ASIAN ELEPHANT (ELEPHAS MAXIMUS), AND APPLICABILITY OF POPULATION-DERIVED REFERENCE INTERVALS
Kathryn L. Perrin,
Annemarie T. Kristensen,
Charlie Gray,
Søren Saxmose Nielsen,
Mads F. Bertelsen,
Mads Kjelgaard-Hansen
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