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Table 1 Comparison of serum enzyme and metabolite values across four groups of Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus)

From: Metabolic derangements and reduced survival of bile-extracted Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus)

Analytea

RRb

Unit

Groupc

n

Mean

Median

Range

(min-max)

SDd

ALT

0–109

U/L

BE

243

66.8

52

(7–342)

48.78

FNE

95

46.7

43

(10–304)

34.53

ZOO

20

36.1

31.5

(13–99)

20.21

FR

25

43.4

41.0

(21–98)

18.05

ALKP

0–121

U/L

BE

226

58.2

34.6

(7–1464)

110.29

FNE

95

44.7

41.0

(10–54)

22.28

ZOO

20

124.7

118.0

(59–154)

45.99

FR

25

49.3

47.0

(15–100)

23.28

GGT

72–114

U/L

BE

220

263.4

135

(6–2093)

320.8

FNE

82

106

63.0

(20–720)

129

ZOO

20

23.0

17.7

(7–94)

19.20

FR

25

19.0

16.0

(9–42)

8.12

LDH

45–510

U/L

BE

186

633.8

475

(228–3608)

533.8

FNE

66

1081

1101

(261–1920)

468

ZOO

20

701.4

672.5

(384–1064)

193.81

FR

25

902.3

851.0

(550–1293)

202.90

CK

70–94

U/L

BE

185

351.1

125.0

(32–9232)

979

FNE

71

178

77.0

(5–2569)

345

ZOO

20

144.7

131.0

(63–430)

79.83

FR

25

172.6

153.0

(67–471)

99.41

TBIL

0–8.55

μmol/L

BE

231

4.4

1.8

(0.1–71.0)

7.91

FNE

47

3.4

2.8

(0.3–15.4)

2.88

ZOO

20

1.7

1.7

N/A

0.00

FR

25

2.1

1.7

(1.7–5.1)

0.89

BUN

0.8–4.0

mmol/L

BE

242

5.5

4.3

(1.3–52.4)

5.18

FNE

94

4.9

4.5

(0.8–18.2)

2.31

ZOO

20

4.3

4.5

(2.5–6.1)

0.94

FR

25

4.3

3.6

(1.1–13.6)

2.56

CREA

62–221

μmol/L

BE

232

132.1

124.6

(25.5–594.7)

56.55

FNE

94

127.2

127.5

(48.0–272.3)

38.32

ZOO

20

122.4

123.8

(79.6–159.1)

22.08

FR

25

107.8

106.1

(61.9–247.5)

38.19

  1. aALT = alanine transaminase, ALKP = alkaline phosphatase, GGT = gamma glutamyltransferase, LDH = lactate dehydrogenase, CK = creatine kinase, TBIL = total bilirubin, BUN = blood urea nitrogen; CREA = creatinine
  2. bRR = reference range [13,14,15]
  3. cBE = bile-extracted, FNE = farm-not-extracted, ZOO = zoo, FR = free-range
  4. dSD = standard deviation