Each group of P
1 males and females was divided into two approximately equally sized subsets for hematology or clinical chemistry. Blood samples for hematology (5–8 animals/sex/group) or clinical chemistry (6–8 animals/sex/group) measurements were collected from the
vena cava while each animal was under isoflurane anesthesia.
The following parameters were assessed with a Bayer
® Advia 120 hematology analyzer: red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin (HGB), hematocrit (HCT), mean corpuscular (cell) volume (MCV), mean corpuscular (cell) hemoglobin, mean corpuscular (cell) hemoglobin concentration (MCH), red cell distribution width (RDW), absolute reticulocyte count (ARET), platelet count, white blood cell count, and differential white blood cell count. The following parameters were assessed with an Olympus®
AU640 clinical chemistry analyzer: aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH), alkaline phosphatase (ALKP), total bilirubin (BILI), urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (CREA), cholesterol (CHOL), triglycerides, glucose, total protein, albumin, globulin, calcium, inorganic phosphorus, sodium, potassium, chloride, and total bile acids (TBA).
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