Cell volume, plasma volume, total blood volume and Fcells factor in the rhesus monkey

Abstract

Forty-two simultaneous measurements of plasma and cell volume with T-1824 and P³² were made on 18 normal monkeys ranging in weight from 3.4 to 7.1 kg. Nine determinations were made on two animals at varying intervals during a 16-month period. The mean values and standard deviations were as follows: cell volume 17.7 (S.D., 1.66) ml/kg; plasma volume, 36.4 (S.D., 3.98) ml/kg; blood volume, 54.0 (S.D., 4.72) ml/kg; F_cells factor, 0.83, (S.D., 0.046); venous cell percentage (hematocrit value x.96), 39.6; plasma protein (refractometer) 7.26 gm %. Variations among animals in plasma and blood volume, expressed in milliliters per kilogram were significantly greater than those observed in the same animal during the 16-month period.