Reference values for equine peritoneal fluid

摘要: Twenty horses, aged one to 17 years (mean age 6 years), presented for elective destruction and subsequently found at autopsy have no significant peritoneal alterations, were used determine a variety of reference values fluid. Samples collected ante mortem or within 1 h post mortem. Each cavity contained 100 300 ml usually clear, pale yellow fluid which in clinical refractometer showed mean specific gravity 1.010 (range 1.0081-1.0116) (+/- standard deviation) total protein 7.7 +/- 3.6 g/litre. The nucleated cell count sd) was 4.33 2.5 x 10(9)/litre 1.5-10.1 10(9)/litre) and, proportionally, polymorphonuclear leucocytes averaged 45.2 per cent, mononuclear phagocytes 47 lymphocytes 7.8 eosinophils 0.7 cent basophils mast cells zero. Eosinophils not seen but samples had 5 cent. chemical profile was: Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) 118.9 46.9 iu/litre; alkaline phosphatase (AP) 56.0 52.7 lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) 143.0 106.1 bilirubin (TB) 8.0 6.2 mumol/litre; (TP) (biuret method) 14.2 6.8 g/litre; urea nitrogen (BUN) 6.1 1.1 mmol/litre; glucose 1.8 inorganic phosphate (IP) 1.4 0.5 calcium 2.0 0.2 mmol/litre. TP, BUN, IP closely correlated with levels paired serum samples.