Table 3. Pre- and post-immune stimulation plasma biochemical and serum protein electrophoretic values for uninfected and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis-infected Litoria caerulea.
Status | Uninfected (n = 10) | Infected (n = 10) | |||||||||
Immune Stimulation | Pre (day 0) | Post (day 7) | Pre (day 0) | Post (day 7) | |||||||
Parameter | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | P valuea | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | P valuea | P valueb |
AST (U l−1) | 69 | 37 | 73 | 34 | 0.800 | 68 | 14 | 97 | 42 | 0.068 | 0.268 |
CK (U l−1) | 495 | 344 | 636 | 496 | 0.566 | 282 | 185 | 555 | 337 | 0.074 | 0.632 |
Uric Acid (µmol l−1) | 37 | 27 | 40 | 22 | 0.813 | 35 | 18 | 37 | 29 | 0.811 | 0.937 |
Glucose (mmol l−1) | 3.5 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.766 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.715 | 0.640 |
Calcium (mmol l−1) | 3.03 | 0.46 | 3.00 | 0.54 | 0.861 | 2.75 | 0.40 | 2.72 | 0.40 | 0.697 | 0.936 |
Phosphorus (mmol l−1) | 1.70 | 0.46 | 1.49 | 0.42 | 0.194 | 0.88 | 0.23 | 0.83 | 0.35 | 0.587 | 0.389 |
Ca-P ratio | 1.89 | 0.58 | 2.16 | 0.59 | 0.193 | 3.29 | 0.82 | 3.78 | 1.42 | 0.260 | 0.639 |
Potassium (mmol l−1) | 4.8 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 0.288 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 0.343 | 0.749 |
Sodium (mmol l−1) | 111.7 | 6.1 | 111.5 | 4.8 | 0.929 | 109.5 | 6.2 | 108.5 | 4.9 | 0.535 | 0.768 |
Total Protein (g l−1) | 57.4 | 6.3 | 62.6 | 6.8 | 0.106 | 57 | 7 | 54 | 6 | 0.353 | 0.069 |
A-G ratio | 0.57 | 0.12 | 0.44 | 0.09 | 0.008 | 0.46 | 0.16 | 0.54 | 0.17 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Albumin (g l−1) | 20.5 | 3.4 | 18.7 | 2.2 | 0.130 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 0.604 | 0.106 |
Total globulins (g l−1) | 36.9 | 5.2 | 43.9 | 6.6 | 0.024 | 39.2 | 4.9 | 35.8 | 6.6 | 0.207 | 0.010 |
α-1 globulin (g l−1) | 22.7 | 4.1 | 28.0 | 4.0 | 0.026 | 21.5 | 3.6 | 20.7 | 5.2 | 0.620 | 0.030 |
α-2 globulin (g l−1) | 6.9 | 1.2 | 8.2 | 3.1 | 0.302 | 9.2 | 1.5 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 0.092 | 0.072 |
β globulin (g l−1) | 5.2 | 1.6 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 0.696 | 5.8 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.077 | 0.541 |
γ globulin (g l−1) | 2.2 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.023 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.072 | 0.004 |
Paired-samples t-tests between days 0 and 7 within each group (uninfected and infected).
Independent-samples t-tests between the two groups for the change in each variable from day 0 to day 7.