Table 3.

Comparison of electrophoretic reference values of various strains of laboratory mice

	Total protein	Albumin	α1 Globulin	α2 Globulin	β Globulin	γ Globulin	Albumin:globulin rato
BALB/C (n = 8)
g/dL	3.98 ± 0.14a,c	2.0 ± 0.07a,c	0.41 ± 0.02	0.62 ± 0.02a,c	0.84 ± 0.13	0.11 ± 0.01a,c	1.06 ± 0.1
%	not applicable	50.7 ± 2.5	10.3 ± 0.3c	15.7 ± 0.5	20.6 ± 2.3	2.9 ± 0.3
C57BL/6 (n = 10)
g/dL	5.0 ± 0.06a	2.7 ± 0.04a,b	0.38 ± 0.02	0.82 ± 0.02 a	0.81 ± 0.03	0.30 ± 0.02a,b	1.18 ± 0.04
%	not applicable	54.0 ± 0.8	7.5 ± 0.4	16.3 ± 0.3	16.1 ± 0.6	6.1 ± 0.4b
CD1 (n = 6)
g/dL	5.1 ± 0.07c	2.9 ± 0.07b,c	0.34 ± 0.04	0.84 ± 0.02c	0.85 ± 0.03	0.20 ± 0.01b,c	1.30 ± 0.07
%	not applicable	56.4 ± 1.3	6.5 ± 0.7c	16.5 ± 0.6	16.7 ± 0.6	4.0 ± 0.3b,c

Data are presented as mean ± 1 SE. Values with the same superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0.05) between the strains indicated.