Plasma protein fractions in free-living white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) nestlings from Norway

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Table 2 Statistical differences between plasma protein concentrations between locations, years, sex, nestling age and sampling time

		Steigen - Smøla		2015–2016		Age		Sex		Time of day
		n: 35–35		n: 27–43		n: 70		n: 35–35		n: 70
		F-value	p-value	F-value	p-value	F-value	p-value	F-value	p-value	F-value	p-value
Prealbumin	(g/L)	7.41	0.01*	2.19	0.15	0.24	0.63	1.29	0.27	0.08	0.77
Albumin	(g/L)	0.10	0.75	3.55	0.07	0.80	0.38	0.84	0.37	0.09	0.76
α₁-globulin	(g/L)	2.89	0.10	0.22	0.64	0.75	0.40	3.64	0.07	0.90	0.35
α₂-globulin	(g/L)	4.60	0.04*	3.31	0.08	0.08	0.79	0.22	0.65	0.01	0.91
β-globulin	(g/L)	0.70	0.41	0.27	0.61	0.01	0.93	0.32	0.58	0.40	0.54
γ-globulin	(g/L)	11.79	< 0.01*	0.03	0.86	0.03	0.87	1.30	0.27	3.02	0.10
Total protein	(g/L)	0.48	0.49	1.39	0.25	0.49	0.49	1.26	0.28	0.02	0.88
A:G^a ratio		17.37	< 0.01*	0.09	0.77	2.18	0.15	0.22	0.65	0.39	0.85
A:G^b ratio		0.14	0.71	3.75	0.06	0.70	0.41	0.80	0.38	0.65	0.43

^aAlbumin to globulin ratio: (albumin + prealbumin)/(α₁ + α₂ + β + γ globulins)
^bAlbumin to globumin ratio: (albumin)/(prealbumin + α₁- + α₂- + β- + γ-globulins, [38])
Statistically significant differences are marked with asterisks (*)

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