Table 3. Statistical analyses of house sparrow whole blood chemistry values in animals fed an oiled diet (1% oil weight:food weight) or a control diet.

	Oiled diet vs control diet
Parameter	df	F	p
Aspartate aminotransferase
treatment	1, 12	0.50	0.49
time	1, 12	1.97	0.19
time x treatment	1, 12	0.014	0.91
Creatine kinase
treatment	1, 12	0.0006	0.98
time	1, 12	5.32	0.040*
time x treatment	1, 12	1.68	0.22
Uric acid
treatment	1, 13	0.94	0.35
time	1, 13	0.66	0.43
time x treatment	1, 13	2.15	0.17
Glucose
treatment	1, 13	0.019	0.89
time	1, 13	0.32	0.58
time x treatment	1, 13	0.077	0.79
Phosphorus
treatment	1, 13	1.85	0.20
time	1, 13	0.26	0.62
time x treatment	1, 13	1.80	0.20
Calcium ions
treatment	1, 13	0.10	0.76
time	1, 13	0.86	0.37
time x treatment	1, 13	1.51	0.24
Total protein
treatment	1, 13	0.23	0.64
time	1, 13	0.12	0.73
time x treatment	1, 13	0.12	0.73
Sodium ions
treatment	1, 13	1.30	0.28
time	1, 13	0.31	0.59
time x treatment	1, 13	1.11	0.31

*Significant at the p<0.05 level. See Methods for details on statistical procedures, and Table 2 caption for sample sizes. Values were determined using Avian/Reptilian Plus rotors on a portable VetScan machine.