Table 2.

Dilutional parallelism of lipemic serum samples from three hyperlipidemic dogs. Two samples had VetScan cPL results outside the assay working range, so the 1:2 dilution was used as a baseline reference. All observed/expected ratios (O/E ratios) were outside the range of 80%‐120%, which is generally considered to be acceptable

Sample#	Dilution	Triglyceride	Spec cPL	VetScan cPL	O/E ratio
		mg/dL	µg/L	µg/L	%
1	Neat	525	337	320
	1:2			292	182.5
	1:4			65	81.3
2	Neat	580	737	>700
	1:2			334	N/A
	1:4			107	64.1
3	Neat	1319	1368	>700
	1:2			334	N/A
	1:4			449	268.9
Mean					149.2
SD					95.4