Table 3.

Canine cartilage tissue reference genes ranked in order of increasing expression stability (Increases from top to bottom).

Combined	M Value	V Value	Healthy Cartilage	M Value	V Value	OA cartilage	M Value	V Value
YWHAZ	1.75	0.41	YWHAZ	1.88	0.51	YWHAZ	1.55	0.31
B2M	1.18	0.17	B2M	1.10	0.15	B2M	1.17	0.18
HMBS	1.08	0.17	HPRT	1.02	0.17	HMBS	1.03	0.20
HPRT	0.99	0.15	GAPDH	0.90	0.14	ACTB	0.85	0.15
ACTB	0.95	0.17	TBP	0.86	0.16	RPL13A	0.77	0.17
GAPDH	0.90	0.21	HMBS	0.79	0.20	SDHA	0.68	0.19
TBP	0.84	0.31	RPL13A	0.70	0.26	GAPDH	0.53	0.18
RPL13A/SDHA	0.57		ACTB/SDHA	0.47		HPRT/TBP	0.45