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Table 3 Plasma protein electrophoresis comparison between adult and subadult undulate skates (Raja undulata) maintained under human care. No statistically significant differences were detected between sexes (p > 0.05; Mann-Whitney U test or *Student’s t-test)

From: Increasing the data on elasmobranch plasma protein electrophoresis: electrophoretogram reference values determination in the undulate skate (Raja Undulata) and the nursehound shark (Scyliorhinus stellaris) maintained under human care

 

Undulate skate (Raja undulata)

 
 

Adult (n = 7)

Subadult (n = 41)

 

Analyte (unit)

Mean

SD

Median

Min

Max

Mean

SD

Median

Min

Max

P

TP(g/l)

28.71

1.89

28.00

26.00

32.00

29.44

3.37

29.00

22.00

36.00

0.584*

Fraction 1 (%)

0.40

0.15

0.40

0.20

0.60

0.46

0.25

0.40

0.10

1.00

0.722

Fraction 2 (%)

12.16

2.64

11.20

9.20

17.20

13.12

5.42

12.8

4.40

24.2

0.649*

Fraction 3 (%)

41.97

3.13

42.80

36.10

44.80

42.77

3.21

43.20

36.60

48.9

0.544*

Fraction 4 (%)

33.40

2.77

33.90

28.90

36.10

33.35

3.96

32.30

24.30

42.3

0.974*

Fraction 5 (%)

5.53

1.50

6.20

3.50

7.60

4.72

1.53

4.60

2.30

8.40

0.219

Fraction 6 (%)

4.64

1.42

4.60

1.90

6.10

3.75

1.54

3.50

1.40

8.30

0.057

Fraction 7 (%)

1.90

0.80

2.10

0.90

3.10

1.82

0.50

1.90

0.80

3.10

0.731*

Fraction 1 (g/l)

0.12

0.05

0.11

0.05

0.19

0.14

0.08

0.12

0.03

0.30

0.650

Fraction 2 (g/l)

3.49

0.75

3.58

2.58

4.82

3.81

1.56

3.72

1.20

8.00

0.594*

Fraction 3 (g/l)

12.07

1.46

11.98

10.11

14.34

12.63

1.99

12.42

8.62

17.2

0.526

Fraction 4 (g/l)

9.57

0.76

9.75

8.09

10.44

9.84

1.80

9.60

5.83

14.8

0.988

Fraction 5 (g/l)

1.58

0.42

1.61

0.98

2.13

1.37

0.43

1.29

0.69

2.40

0.225

Fraction 6 (g/l)

1.34

0.44

1.29

0.55

1.95

1.11

0.50

0.95

0.39

2.70

0.082

Fraction 7 (g/l)

0.55

0.23

0.62

0.25

0.87

0.54

0.17

0.54

0.22

0.90

0.770

  1. n, number of individuals; SD, standard deviation; TP, total proteins in plasma