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Table 1 Haematology in eight New Zealand White Rabbits, sampled during physical restraint before anaesthesia

From: Continuous intravenous anaesthesia with sufentanil and midazolam in medetomidine premedicated New Zealand White rabbits

Variablea

Mean ± SD

EPC (1012/L)

4.7 ± 0.4

Hb (g/L)

102 ± 9

EVF (%)

27 ± 1

MCV (fL)

62 ± 3

MCHC (g/L)

350 ± 5

Reticulocytes (%)

2.0 ± 0.6

LPK (109/L)

4.7 ± 0.8

Heterophils (109/L)

1.5 ± 0.4

Eosinophils (109/L)

0.2 ± 0.1

Basophils (109/L)

0.4 ± 0.2

Lymphocytes (109/L)

2.6 ± 0.7

Monocytes (109/L)

0.1 ± 0.1

  1. aEPC erythrocyte particle concentration, Hb haemoglobin, LPK leucocyte particle concentration, EVF erythrocyte volume fraction, MCV mean corpuscular volume, MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration.