Table 6.

Blood chemistry profiles for dogs fed diets containing increasing levels of dehulled FB

Parameter	FB0	FB10	FB20	FB30	SEM	P-value	Reference1 range
Glucose, mg/dL	87.25	88.25	92.64	86.58	3.30	0.593	70 to 120
Urea nitrogen, mg/dL	17.00	16.83	16.27	16.30	0.53	0.708	8 to 29
Creatinine, mg/dL	0.73	0.72	0.73	0.73	0.04	0.990	0.6 to 1.4
Total protein, g/dL	6.42	6.41	6.47	6.38	0.11	0.951	5.3 to 6.9
Albumin, g/dL	3.75	3.69	3.70	3.71	0.07	0.920	3.2 to 4.2
Globulin, g/dL	2.67	2.72	2.77	2.68	0.08	0.818	1.8 to 3.0
Calcium, mg/dL	10.53	10.41	10.47	10.44	0.10	0.869	9.5 to 11.2
Phosphorus, mg/dL	3.89	4.01	4.00	3.95	0.12	0.896	2.2 to 6.1
Sodium, mmol/L	148.67	148.75	149.36	149.17	0.53	0.764	144 to 151
Potassium, mmol/L	4.78	4.73	4.76	4.72	0.05	0.789	3.7 to 5.0
Chloride, mmol/L	111.42	111.67	112.27	111.83	0.55	0.751	106 to 117
Bicarbonate, mmol/L	19.06	18.10	18.74	19.09	0.53	0.524	18 to 24
Anion gap, mmol/L	23.92	24.75	24.18	24.09	0.78	0.888	18 to 27
Sodium/potassium	31.08	31.50	31.36	31.58	0.40	0.822	30 to 39
Alanine transaminase P5P, U/L	41.25	38.92	39.36	41.75	3.82	0.941	20 to 144
Alkaline phosphate, U/L	36.00	36.92	63.18	33.75	12.31	0.325	10 to 130
Creatine kinase,U/L	168.17	174.00	162.18	205.75	17.99	0.341	54 to 226
Cholesterol, mg/dL	193.75	188.33	171.91	187.5	19.66	0.885	140 to 390

¹ Friedrichs et al. (2012).