HEMATOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY REFERENCE VALUES FOR FEMALE HOLSTEIN CATTLE

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 44  (1) , 24-31
Abstract
Reference intervals were presented for 14 hematology and 32 biochemistry variables from 4 age groups of female Holstein cattle (n = 172) selected randomly from 6 well managed farms. Each animal was examined by a clinician and with the history available considered to be clinically normal at the time of blood collection. The variable observations were examined for outliers and Gaussian distribution prior to parametric or where necessary, nonparametric analysis. Many differences were noted between age groups but few between farms.