Table 1.

Comparisons of study variables between 40 diseased and ten control birds

Variables	Diseased birds		Control birds
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
TSA (mmol/l)	0.0033**	0.001	0.0004	0.0001
LBSA (mmol/l)	0.0018**	0.0006	0.0002	0.0000
PBSA (mmol/l)	0.0016**	0.0007	.0002	0.0001
Hp (g/l)	0.12**	0.01	0.09	0.01
SAA (µg/ml)	2.26*	0.81	1.56	0.13
LBSA/ PBSA	2.65	4.30	0.98	0.27
Hp/SAA	0.06	0.02	0.06	0.01

*P < 0.01; **P < 0.001 (significantly different from the control group)

TSA total sialic acid, LBSA lipid-bound sialic acid, PBSA protein-bound sialic acid, Hp haptoglobin, SAA serum amyloid A