Biological Characteristics of Captive Chinese Wuzhishan Minipigs (Sus scrofa)

Table 6

Determination of haematological parameters.

Parameters	Abbreviation	Unit	Male ()	Female ()
White blood cells	WBC	1 10^9/L	17.47 ± 4.50	16.59 ± 6.19
Red blood cells	RBC	1 10^12/L	8.58 ± 2.48	8.87 ± 1.25
Haemoglobin	HB	g/L	155.37 ± 38.90	156.44 ± 18.66
Hematocrit	HCT	%	51.76 ± 12.70	51.81 ± 6.57
Mean cell volume	MCV	fL	66.10 ± 5.84	58.80 ± 5.83
Mean cell hemoglobin	MCH	Pg	18.32 ± 1.78	17.76 ± 1.62
Mean cell hemoglobin concentration	MCHC	g/L	300.26 ± 13.06	302.44 ± 11.74
Total platelet count	PLT	1 10^9/L	308.47 ± 121.70	363.96 ± 95.69
Platelet distribution width	PDW	fL	13.81 ± 3.04	14.48 ± 1.71
Platelet distribution width-SD	RDW-SD	fL	42.63 ± 3.77	42.46 ± 4.57
Platelet distribution width-CV	RDW-CV	%	21.65 ± 3.07	22.23 ± 2.39
Mean platelet volume	MPV	fL	10.35 ± 1.19	10.90 ± 0.78
Platelet-large cell ratio	P-LCR	%	31.31 ± 8.94	33.71 ± 5.27
Plateletcrit	PCT	%	0.21 ± 0.06	0.21 ± 0.05
Neutrophils	NEUTRO	1 10^9/L	5.96 ± 2.53	6.96 ± 2.68
Lymphocytes	LYMPHO	1 10^9/L	10.20 ± 4.39	9.61 ± 4.98
Monocytes	MONO	1 10^9/L	0.60 ± 0.29	0.60 ± 0.22
Eosinophils	EO	1 10^9/L	0.47 ± 0.23	0.36 ± 0.15*
Basophils	BASO	1 10^9/L	0.24 ± 0.19	0.21 ± 0.10

Note: results of -test and comparison between males and females. *.