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. 2024 Mar 5;11:1355390. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1355390

Table 2.

Clinical chemistry values (mean ± SD) for both male and female kittens on Day 84 of study.

Males 0 ppm AFD1 8 ppm AFD1 16 ppm RAFD1 p-value Laboratory Reference range (Adult)
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP, U/L) 75.44 ± 5.042 74.78 ± 5.489 82.00 ± 8.232 0.683 12 - 59
Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST, U/L) 21.22 ± 1.714 19.44 ± 1.168 19.33 ± 0.90 0.526 16 - 67
Alanine Aminotransferase (ALP, U/L) 45.00 ± 4.26 45.56 ± 3.35 43.22 ± 1.26 0.866 27 - 158
Albumin (ALB, g/dL) 3.61 ± 0.035 3.57 ± 0.071 3.58 ± 0.365 0.810 2.6 - 3.9
Bilirubin (mg/dL) 0.178 ± 0.015 0.189 ± 0.011 0.189 ± 0.011 0.768 0.0 - 0.3
Total Protein (g/dL) 6.39 ± 0.082 6.31 ± 0.072 6.42 ± 0.092 0.627 6.3 - 8.8
Globulin (GLOB, g/dL) 2.778 ± 0.079 2.744 ± 0.033 2.844 ± 0.010 0.659 3.0 - 5.9
Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN, mg/dL) 25.78 ± 0.954 26.22 ± 1.187 26.56 ± 0.580 0.843 16 - 37
Creatinine (mg/dL) 1.022 ± 0.036 0.989 ± 0.0206 0.967 ± 0.037 0.482 0.9 -2.5
Cholesterol (mg/dL) 148.7 ± 6.782 152.4 ± 7.879 162.3 ± 6.285 0.395 91 - 305
Glucose (mg/dL) 96.00 ± 2.134 95.33 ± 2.010 91.67 ± 1.624 0.253 72 - 175
Calcium (mg/dL) 10.47 ± 0.085 10.56 ± 0.060 10.41 ± 0.081 0.378 8.6 - 10.6
Phosphorous (mg/dL) 8.356 ± 0.186 8.156 ± 0.111 8.233 ± 0.199 0.707 2.9 - 6.3
Chloride (nmol/L) 115.89 ± 0.484 115.22 ± 0.323 115.67 ± 0.29 0.453 114 -126
Potassium (nmol/L) 4.844 ± 0.121 4.944 ± 0.076 4.977 ± 0.145 0.719 3.7 -5.2
ALB/GLOB (ratio) 1.31 ± 0.035 1.30 ± 0.04 1.27 ± 0.05 0.746 0.5 - 1.2
Sodium (mmol/L) 154.22 ± 20.641 153.56 ± 0.294 153.90 ± 0.309 0.577 147 - 157
BUN/Creatinine (ratio) 25.244 ± 0.556 30.078 ± 3.000 27.744 ± 1.066 0.208

Rows in red denote values outside of the provided reference range.