Table 3.

Median values and ranges for serum biochemistry values in all dogs in training, withdrawals, finishers and controls, along with reference range

Biochemistry parameters	Reference range	Median pre-race all dogs (n = 65)	Range pre-race	Median finishers (n = 25)	Range finishers	Median withdrawn (n = 21)	Range withdrawn	Median controls (n = 19)	Range controls
AST	0–40 U/L	31	18–92	178	88–758	375.5	89–2539	29	16–156
ALT	0–80 U/L	59.5	35–186	184	94–368	174	62–662	63	31–379
AP	0–90 U/L	37	16–107	61	26–176	79	18–129	34	18–101
CK	0–200 U/L	92	50–558	1294	583–18,918	1344.5	0–67,710	86	39–6209
AMYL	0–1050 U/L	361.5	152–927	274	130–526	204	5–1184	400	213–705
TPROT	54–75 g/L	63	55–71	52	41–62	51	38–64	62	59–68
ALB	32–44 g/L	36	30–44	30	24–37	33	20–45	37	34–44
GLOB	22–31 g/L	27	19–38	21	17–26	21	10–25	24	22–28
A/G	1.0–2.0	1.37	0.79–2.00	1.43	1.13–1.79	1.465	1.04–4.50	1.54	1.26–1.83
UREA	3.5–7.2 mmol/L	6.9	4.0–10.3	14.2	7.1–22.7	13.45	7.6–24.1	6.2	3.5–9.6
CREAT	65–110 µmol/L	76	60–96	56	45–71	53	39–71	70	56–79
BA	0–10 µmol/L	1	0–10	3	1–15	7	1–18	2	0–9
CHOL	3.4–10.0 mmol/L	5.8	4.2–9.1	5.5	4.0–8.1	5.6	3.4–8.9	5.2	3.4–7.9
GLU	3.6–6.6 mmol/L	4.8	3.5–6.4	5.5	4.0–7.6	7.5	3.9–12.6	5.9	4.8–6.9
PHOSP	0.9–2.0 mmol/L	1.2	0.7–1.6	1.4	0.9–1.9	1.6	1.0–2.3	1.2	0.8–1.8
Ca	2.2–2.9 mmol/L	2.5	2.2–2.7	2.2	2.0–2.4	2.15	1.9–2.4	2.4	2.3–2.5
Na	140–154 mmol/L	148	146–151	148	146–152	147	142–151	149	147–151
K	3.7–5.8 mmol/L	4.7	3.9–5.3	3.8	3.3–4.3	3.85	3.1–4.7	5.1	4.8–5.5
Na/K	> 27.0	31.3	27.9–37.7	39.5	34.4–45.8	37.9	30.6–46.8	29.4	26.7–31.5
Cl	99–115 mmol/L	113	107–118	116	111–123	113	108–120	113	110–116
CRP	0–15 mg/L	18.7	1.2–78.9	75.1	27–192	93.05	22–220	3.2	0.0–156.9
CORT	20–250 nmol/L	58	14–141	147	74–323	80.5	46–224	52	34–125