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

Table 7 Descriptive statistics of blood parameters measured by the Chemistry Analyzer and antibody titer measured by CIEP on day 451 post-inoculation (n = 53)

Measurement	Mean	Median	Range	CV
Albumin (ALB), g L-1	27.4	28	22–34	8.2
Alkaline phosphatase (ALKP), U L-1	91.8	82	51–336	51.2
Blood Urea nitrogen (BUN), mmol L-1	9.7	8.9	4.9–20.9	34.6
Creatine, μmol L-1	46.2	45	27–90	28.6
Globulins, g L-1	34.9	34	25–52	16.8
Total protein, g L-1	62.4	61	53–80	8.9
Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), g L-1	3.02	0	0–35	232.8
Albumin/Globulin ratio (A/G)	0.81	0.79	0.48–1.24	19.8
Antibody titer^a	94.0	64	0–256	82.3
Log₂(titer)^b	6.5	7	0–9	40.5

Abbreviation: CIEP, counter-immunoelectrophoresis, CV Coefficient of variation
^aAntibody titer based of the highest plasma dilution which resulted in positive or inconclusive CIEP results
^blog₂(titer) + 1 if titer> 0 and 0 if titer = 0

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