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Table 9 Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients among serum parameters, antibody titer, total serum protein and IAT scores on day 451 post-inoculation

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

Measurement

ALKP

BUN

Creatine

GLOB

TP

GGT

A/G

Titera

Proteinb

IAT score

ALB

−.25+

−.14

−.04

−.29*

0.11

−.02

0.63**

−.21

−.01

−.20

ALKP

–

0.20

0.09

0.08

−.01

0.33*

−.14

−.09

0.06

0.19

BUN

–

–

0.85**

0.21

0.16

0.08

−.24+

−.08

0.26

0.13

Creatine

–

–

–

0.24+

0.25+

−.01

−.24+

−.03

0.30

0.14

GLOB

–

–

–

–

0.88**

−.02

−.91**

0.57**

0.82**

0.80**

TP

–

–

–

–

–

0.00

−.64**

0.51**

0.85**

0.75**

GGT

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.05

−.16

0.05

0.06

A/G

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

−.53**

−.66**

−.71**

Titera

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.48**

0.63**

  1. Abbreviation: IAT iodine agglutination test
  2. aAntibody titer based of the highest plasma dilution which resulted in positive or inconclusive CIEP results
  3. bSerum protein measured by a refractometer
  4. ** Significant at P < 0.01
  5. * Significant at P < 0.05
  6. + Significant at < 0.10