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NORMATIVE VALUES: THE SWINE
| Item |
Normal Value |
Source |
| Daily food consumption (20 kg pig) |
1.25 kg |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Daily weight gain |
0.5 kg |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Daily water consumption |
2 liters ad lib. |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Dietary protein |
18% |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Daily urinary output |
1 - 2 quarts (5 - 30 ml/kg) |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Life span |
16 - 18 yr |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Weight, adult male |
200 kg + |
|
| Weight, adult female |
200 kg + |
|
| Birth weight |
1 - 1.5 kg |
Morrow |
| Breeding age, female |
6 - 9 months (not usually bred
until third estrus) |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Breeding age, male |
6 - 8 months |
Merck |
| Estrous cycle |
18 - 24 days (nonseasonally polyestrous) |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Gestation |
112 - 115 days |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Weaning age |
3 - 6 weeks |
Merck |
| Begin dry food |
2 weeks |
Merck |
| Litter size |
8 - 12 |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Time to remate |
First or subsequent estrus |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Mating ratio |
Pairs; receptive 2 - 3 days |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Chromosome number |
40 |
|
| Rectal temperature |
39° C (102 ± 1° F) |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Respiration rate |
10 - 20 breaths/min |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Heart rate |
70 - 100 beats/min |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Blood volume |
56 - 69 ml/kg |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Maximum safe bleed |
6 ml/kg |
Formulary |
| Red blood cells |
5 - 7 x 106/mL |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Hemoglobin |
10 - 16 g/dl, avg 13 |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Packed cell volume |
32 - 45% |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
| Platelets |
3.25 - 7.15 x 105/mL |
Merck |
| White blood cells |
7 - 20 x 103/mL |
James G. Fox, Bennett J. Cohen, and
Franklin M. Loew, Eds.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press,
1984. |
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