Blood serum chemistry values (means and ranges) of growing healthy puppies. (Chandler, 1992)

  TEST               -----------------------------AGE IN WEEKS-----------------------------------
0.5--1    (n=10) 3            (n=12) 5            (n=18) 8--12
(n=10)
12--24 (n=200)
Glucose (mg/dl) 123
(104-132)
126 
(109-140)
131
(110-146)
114 
(88-131)
111 
(85-133)
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dl) 30 
(22-37)
23 
(15-23)
15
(10-21)
24 
(21-30)
13
(7-19)
Creatinine (mg/dl) 0.5
(0.4-0.6)
0.4
(0.3-0.5)
0.4 
(0.3-0.5)
0.5 
(0.5-0.6)
0.6 
(0.3-0.9)
Total protien (g/dl) 4.2 
(3.8-4.7)
4.1
(3.6-4.6)
4.7 
(3.9-5.3)
4.6 
(3.9-5.0)
5.1 
(4.6-5.8)
Albumin (g/dl) 2.6 
(2.3-2.9)
2.7 
(2.1-3.2)
3.3 
(2.4-4.3)
2.9 
(2.0-3.3)
2.8 
(2.4-3.1)
Total bilirubin (mg/dl) 1.0
(0.5-1.8)
0.4
(0.2-0.5)
0.5 
(0.2-0.7)
0.2 
(0.1-0.5)
0.4 
(0.2-0.9)
Alkaline phosphatase (IU/l) 706 (371-1297) 378 
(249-512)
355
(150-539)
569
(411-705)
117 
(77-199)
Alamine aminotransferase (IU/l) 45 
(25-82)
18 
(10-24)
24
(6-61)
38 
(26-56)
19 
(9-30)
Calcium (mg/dl) 12.4 (11.9-13.1) 11.4 (10.7-12.3) 11.1 (10.3-12.6) 11.5 (10.5-12.1) 11.0 (9.8-12.4)
Phosphorus (mg/dl) 10.4 (8.7-11.8) 9.1 
(7.8-10.1)
8.8 
(7.0-9.8)
10.5 (10.1-11.3) 9.0 
(7.2-10.1)
Sodium (mEq/l) 144
(143-145)
144 
(142-148)
142
(138-145)
149 
(146-153)
152 
(138-160)
Potassium (mEq/l) 5.6 
(5.1-6.5)
4.8 
(4.2-5.5)
5.7 
(4.0-6.8)
5.5 
(5.2-6.6)
5.3
(4.3-6.2)
Chloride (mEq/l) 102 
(99-105)
105
(102-108)
108 
(102-117)
106 
(104-109)
105 
(103-114)
 Taken from Small Animal Paediatric Medicine and Surgery, by Hosgood and Hoskins, pub.    Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998.
 Originally from Chandler, M. L., (1992) Pediatric normal blood values, In:Kirk, R.W. and Bonagura, J.D. (eds) Current Veterinary Therapy XI, vol. 1, pp.981-984. Pholadelphia:WB Saunders.
 

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