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. 2020 Mar 17;98(3):skaa083. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaa083

Table 5.

Serum chemistry analysis of dogs fed diets containing graded levels of cricket meal

Cricket meal P-value
Item 0% 8% 16% 24% SEM Treatment Linear Quadratic Cubic Reference interval1
BUN, mg/dL 11.7a 11.3a 13.2b 12.2a 0.47 0.037 0.118 0.464 0.020 6.0 to 31.0
Creatinine, mg/dL 0.56 0.60 0.60 0.58 0.02 0.605 0.582 0.212 0.979 0.5 to 1.6
BUN/Creat Ratio 21.1 19.2 22.0 21.6 1.08 0.273 0.379 0.487 0.108 4.0 to 27.0
Glucose, mg/dL 81.5 84.7 84.2 81.3 2.43 0.758 0.922 0.300 0.902 70.0 to 138.0
Total Protein, g/dL 6.26 6.17 6.29 6.21 0.09 0.811 0.973 0.927 0.339 5.0 to 7.4
Albumin, g/dL 3.25 3.29 3.26 3.27 0.05 0.953 0.815 0.754 0.689 2.7 to 4.4
Globulin, g/dL 3.00 2.89 2.99 2.98 0.08 0.688 0.968 0.448 0.352 1.6 to 3.6
Albumin/Globulin Ratio 1.13 1.17 1.11 1.12 0.04 0.699 0.617 0.611 0.348 0.8 to 2.0
Alkaline Phosphatase, U/L 72.6 59.0 49.5 60.8 7.42 0.203 0.188 0.105 0.622 5.0 to 131.0
Aspartate aminotransferase, U/L 26.4 24.5 27.1 24.9 1.31 0.470 0.764 0.915 0.126 15.0 to 66.0
alanine transaminase, U/L 43.8 40.5 37.4 33.1 3.28 0.148 0.024 0.894 0.929 12.0 to 118.0
gamma-glutamyl transferase, U/L 5.29 4.50 5.09 4.37 0.29 0.109 0.109 0.902 0.052 1.0 to 12.0
creatine phosphokinase, U/L 105 101 142 123 15.35 0.228 0.178 0.625 0.130 59.0 to 895.0
Bilirubin, mg/dL 0.16 0.17 0.14 0.15 0.02 0.840 0.596 0.839 0.493 0.1 to 0.3
Cholesterol, mg/dL 172 174 167 168 7.16 0.878 0.573 0.901 0.593 93.0 to 324.0
Triglycerides, mg/dL 62.2 55.0 60.4 56.8 4.18 0.620 0.575 0.678 0.253 29.0 to 291.0
Sodium, mEq/L 146.8 145.7 146.2 146.5 0.37 0.231 0.831 0.093 0.281 139.0 to 154.0
Potassium, mEq/L 4.38 4.19 4.31 4.17 0.09 0.399 0.254 0.798 0.199 3.6 to 5.5
Chloride, mEq/L 112.3 112.8 113.5 112.9 0.57 0.489 0.342 0.309 0.575 102.0 to 120.0
Calcium, mg/dL 9.91 9.90 9.86 9.83 0.08 0.884 0.430 0.968 0.928 8.9 to 11.4
Phosphorus, mg/dL 3.79 3.41 3.76 3.42 0.19 0.315 0.423 0.934 0.092 2.5 to 6.0
Magnesium, mEq/L 1.48 1.55 1.56 1.58 0.03 0.131 0.030 0.466 0.654 1.5 to 2.5

1Reference intervals are laboratory specific.

a–cMeans within a row lacking a common superscript letter are different (P < 0.05).