Table 2.

Significance of factors Sex and Age on the biochemical values of Griffon Vulture, Cinereous Vulture, Breaded vulture and Egyptian Vulture (n = number). Differences were considered significant at p < 0.05.

		Bearded Vulture (n = 7)		Cinereous Vulture (n = 40)		Egyptian Vulture (n = 21)		Griffon Vulture (n = 50)
		F	Sig.	F	Sig.	F	Sig.	F	Sig.
AST, U/I	Sex	0.33	0.59	1.98	0.17	0.72	0.41	1.39	0.24
	Age	0.34	0.80	4.12	0.01	2.31	0.11	1.58	0.21
ALT, U/I	Sex	4.51	0.09	0.94	0.34	1.38	0.26	0.01	0.92
	Age	0.96	0.51	1.42	0.25	1.08	0.38	1.59	0.20
ALP, U/I	Sex	1.11	0.34	0.01	0.94	2.14	0.16	0.29	0.59
	Age	49.89	0.00	2.47	0.08	4.40	0.02	14.69	0.00
LDH, U/I	Sex	0.44	0.53	2.72	0.11	1.61	0.22	0.00	0.95
	Age	0.89	0.54	3.34	0.03	0.70	0.56	0.30	0.82
CK, U/I	Sex	0.67	0.45	1.54	0.22	0.28	0.60	0.01	0.91
	Age	25.12	0.01	7.75	0.00	0.94	0.44	0.34	0.80
Cholesterol, mmol/l	Sex	0.03	0.86	0.78	0.38	0.91	0.35	0.11	0.74
	Age	11.44	0.04	2.04	0.13	1.99	0.15	7.20	0.00
TG, mmol/l	Sex	0.59	0.48	1.77	0.19	0.42	0.52	2.47	0.12
	Age	0.55	0.68	3.27	0.03	0.87	0.48	2.55	0.07
Chloride, mmol/l	Sex	0.68	0.45	0.69	0.41	0.32	0.58	3.28	0.08
	Age	63.71	0.00	5.08	0.00	2.27	0.12	0.27	0.85
Amylase, U/I	Sex	1.50	0.28	0.04	0.85	0.06	0.81	0.00	0.96
	Age	0.38	0.77	1.14	0.35	3.14	0.05	1.36	0.27
Calcium, mmol/l	Sex	0.27	0.62	5.55	0.02	1.11	0.31	1.40	0.24
	Age	3.08	0.19	4.85	0.01	9.59	0.00	0.68	0.57
Phosphorus, mmol/l	Sex	3.08	0.14	4.63	0.04	1.23	0.28	1.08	0.30
	Age	1.48	0.38	3.56	0.02	1.83	0.18	2.91	0.04
Magnesium, mmol/l	Sex	0.86	0.40	2.24	0.14	0.13	0.72	2.17	0.15
	Age	0.04	0.99	0.49	0.69	0.36	0.78	0.43	0.74
Total protein, g/l	Sex	0.35	0.58	0.69	0.41	0.02	0.89	0.07	0.80
	Age	0.96	0.51	8.16	0.00	11.23	0.00	1.08	0.37
Albumin, g/l	Sex	0.74	0.43	0.71	0.41	0.13	0.72	0.35	0.56
	Age	0.05	0.98	13.38	0.00	0.98	0.42	0.76	0.52
Glucose, mmol/l	Sex	0.25	0.64	1.79	0.19	0.21	0.65	0.83	0.37
	Age	4.84	0.11	4.35	0.01	1.68	0.21	0.12	0.95
Total bilirubin, μmol/l	Sex	4.56	0.09	1.33	0.26	0.69	0.42	0.25	0.62
	Age	4.36	0.13	1.66	0.19	4.68	0.01	2.35	0.08
Creatinine, μmol/l	Sex	0.43	0.54	0.13	0.72	0.17	0.68	0.02	0.89
	Age	4.02	0.14	1.21	0.32	1.59	0.23	2.40	0.08
Uric acid, μmol/l	Sex	0.00	0.98	0.32	0.57	0.12	0.73	0.28	0.60
	Age	0.52	0.70	4.95	0.01	40.22	0.00	2.35	0.09