Goat Blood Test Reference Ranges — Every Value Sourced

Evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) only. Every value on this page carries a named source.
All 63 values on this page are traced to a named source. A further 7 entries state openly that no interval has been established for that species — those are not values and cite nothing. Most entries are reference intervals; some are thresholds, cut-offs or method-dependent values, and are labelled as such. Every sourced entry is traced to a named laboratory reference document, an established veterinary clinical pathology reference, or peer-reviewed literature — hover it to see where it came from. We never fill a gap by analogy with a related species.

Reference intervals for the goat — biochemistry, haematology, urinalysis and specialised tests, in one place, with the provenance of every value stated.

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63
cited values
7
sections
13
sources
7
no interval established
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Biochemistry

Serum and plasma biochemistry, blood gases and acid–base — 28 values, every one cited; 1 further entry states that no interval has been established.

MarkerReference intervalSource
ALP0-378 U/LAnimal Health Laboratory
ALT6-14 U/LMerck Veterinary Manual — Serum Biochemical Re
AST62-145 U/LCornell AHDC / eClinPath
Albumin2.9-4.0 g/dLCornell AHDC / eClinPath
Albumin:globulin ratio1.0-2.0Cornell AHDC / eClinPath
Amylase<120 U/LLABOKLIN — Farm Animals reference table
Anion gap9-24 mmol/LUC Davis VMTH Clinical Chemistry Reference Int
BHB0.182-0.666 mmol/LAnimal Health Laboratory
BUN10-35 mg/dLCornell AHDC / eClinPath
Calcium8.3-10.3 mg/dLCornell AHDC / eClinPath
Chloride101-116 mEq/LCornell AHDC / eClinPath
Cholesterol35-113 mg/dLMerck Veterinary Manual — Serum Biochemical Re
Creatinine0.3-0.8 mg/dLCornell AHDC / eClinPath
Direct bilirubin0-0 mg/dLCornell AHDC — Clinical Pathology
GGT24-64 U/LCornell AHDC / eClinPath
GLDH0-56 U/LAnimal Health Laboratory
Globulin3.0-4.7 g/dLCornell AHDC / eClinPath
Glucose35-142 mg/dLCornell AHDC / eClinPath
Indirect bilirubin0-0.1 mg/dLCornell AHDC — Clinical Pathology
LDH88-487 U/LMerck Veterinary Manual — Serum Biochemical Re
Magnesium2.8-3.6 mg/dLMerck Veterinary Manual — Serum Biochemical Re
Osmolalitynot establishedNo caprine reference interval is published: marked NA in Smith BP et al., Large Animal Internal Medicine, 6th ed., Table 22.2 (Clinical Chemistry: Normal Range for Large Animals), p. 399, where intervals are given for the horse and the cow only.
Phosphate4.5-7.8 mg/dLCornell AHDC / eClinPath
Potassium4.2-6.0 mEq/LCornell AHDC / eClinPath
Sodium143-154 mEq/L