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Table 8 Median, lower and upper quartiles (in brackets) and the results of Kruskal-Wallis test of differences among treatments for serum parameters measured by the Chemistry Analyzer and antibody titer measured by CIEP on day 451 post-inoculationa

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

Measurement

ϰ2(d.f. = 2)b

1.5% kelp

0.75% kelp

0.0% (control)

Number of mink

 

19

19

15

ALB

0.42 (P = 0.81)

28 (26–29)

28 (26–29)

27 (26–29)

ALKP

0.14 (P = 0.93)

82 (64–108)

81 (71–97)

83 (66–98)

BUN

6.40 (p = 0.04)

7.5 (6.6–10) a

10.0 (7.5–12) ab

10.8 (8.4–12.9) b

Creatine

6.69 (p = 0.03)

36 (34–48) a

46 (38–56) ab

50 (43–52) b

Globulins

0.40 (p = 0.82)

33 (29–37)

34 (29–38)

34 (33–39)

Total protein

0.29 (P = 0.86)

60 (58–65)

62 (57–65)

61 (59–65)

GGT

4.03 (P = 0.13)

0 (0–3)

1 (0–8)

0 (0–1)

A/G

0.46 (P = 0.79)

0.84 (0.68–0.96)

0.82 (0.69–0.91)

0.79 (0.73–0.85)

Antibody titer

3.78 (P = 0.15)

128 (64–128)

64 (64–128)

64 (32–128)

Log2(titer)

3.78 (P = 0.15)

8 (7–8)

7 (7–8)

7 (6–8)

  1. aTreatment medians followed by different letters are significantly different (P < 0.017) when tested by the Mann-Whitney U test
  2. bProbabilities are in brackets