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Table 4 Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients of total serum protein measured by a refractometer (above diagonal) and iodine agglutination test scores (below diagonal) among sampling occasionsa

From: Dietary supplementation of Ascophylum nodosum improved kidney function of mink challenged with Aleutian mink disease virus

DPI

Day 31

Day 56

Day 99

Day 155

Day 366

Day 451

Day 31

–

0.49**

0.38**

0.36**

0.21

0.23

Day 56

0.56**

–

0.53**

0.41**

0.35**

0.44**

Day 99

0.38**

0.67**

–

0.42**

0.60**

0.51**

Day 155

0.30*

0.46**

0.71**

–

0.40**

0.51**

Day 366

0.25

0.57**

0.49**

0.50**

–

0.54**

Day 451

−0.05

0.33*

0.49**

0.54**

0.62**

–

  1. aData pooled over treatments
  2. **Significant at P < 0.01
  3. *Significant at P < 0.05