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Table 6 Plasma protein electrophoresis comparison between adult and subadult nursehounds (Scyliorhinus stellaris) maintained under human care. Bold font indicates statistically significant differences between sexes (p < 0.05; Mann-Whitney U 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

 

Nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris)

 
   

Adult (n = 39)

 

Juvenile (n = 23)

 

Analyte (unit)

Mean

SD

Median

Min

Max

Mean

SD

Median

Min

Max

P

TP (g/l)

24.92

4.46

24.00

19.00

36.00

24.22

3.84

23.00

20.00

3.30

0.781

Fraction 1 (%)

0.70

0.34

0.62

0.22

1.49

0.81

0.37

0.74

0.31

1.50

0.294

Fraction 2 (%)

2.04

0.71

1.81

0.80

3.60

1.89

0.76

1.78

0.84

3.90

0.332

Fraction 3 (%)

9.71

1.90

10.15

5.60

14.00

10.47

1.81

10.15

6.77

14.50

0.182

Fraction 4 (%)

26.19

3.34

26.96

16.60

31.20

27.36

3.61

27.30

18.70

33.68

0.315

Fraction 5 (%)

28.07

3.77

29.03

19.80

34.34

30.00

3.79

30.70

23.10

34.99

0.038

Fraction 6 (%)

14.32

2.91

14.38

9.60

19.66

11.37

2.70

10.91

7.68

19.20

< 0.01

Fraction 7 (%)

13.12

5.00

13.49

5.56

24.80

13.46

2.94

12.61

9.97

22.30

0.754

Fraction 8 (%)

5.85

1.54

6.28

1.80

8.10

4.64

1.41

4.65

2.30

7.70

< 0.01

Fraction 1 (g/l)

0.18

0.09

0.17

0.05

0.36

0.20

0.09

0.18

0.07

0.43

0.461

Fraction 2 (g/l)

0.52

0.23

0.49

0.19

1.17

0.45

0.19

0.41

0.24

0.94

0.308

Fraction 3 (g/l)

2.43

0.67

2.31

1.34

4.06

2.53

0.57

2.57

1.69

3.98

0.493

Fraction 4 (g/l)

6.55

1.60

6.18

4.37

10.06

6.65

1.50

6.02

4.14

9.65

0.560

Fraction 5 (g/l)

7.01

1.66

6.66

4.67

10.33

7.32

1.74

6.97

4.86

11.09

0.450

Fraction 6 (g/l)

3.55

0.91

3.40

1.92

5.75

2.72

0.59

2.87

1.69

4.03

< 0.01

Fraction 7 (g/l)

3.21

1.25

2.99

1.22

6.82

3.23

0.67

3.14

2.19

4.46

0.475

Fraction 8 (g/l)

1.48

0.53

1.57

0.52

2.57

1.12

0.39

1.05

0.55

2.00

< 0.01

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