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Table 2.

Plasma biochemistry across groups on days 3, 5, and 7 post-infection. Values bearing different lower case superscript letter differ significantly within a day between groups; values bearing different upper case superscript letter differ significantly within the group

Group/DPI		Mean ± S.E.
		Plasma biochemistry
		Total protein (g/L)	Albumin (g/L)	Globulin (g/L)	A:G ratio	Glucose (mg/dL)	Cholesterol (mg/dL)	Creatinine (mg/dL)	AST (U/L)	ALT (U/L)
C	3	30.68 ± 0.12	12.30 ± 0.17^a	18.38 ± 0.07^a	0.669 ± 0.012^a	284.33 ± 4.91^a	270.33 ± 8.69	0.460 ± 0.004	270.13 ± 4.37	56.80 ± 1.85^a,b
	5	30.85 ± 0.18	12.31 ± 0.12^a	18.54 ± 0.14^a,b	0.664 ± 0.009	288.33 ± 4.63^a	268.00 ± 6.81	0.461 ± 0.008	257.33 ± 3.47^a	54.67 ± 1.87^a
	7	31.19 ± 0.13	12.77 ± 0.13	18.41 ± 0.08^a	0.694 ± 0.009^a	283.00 ± 5.57^a	269.33 ± 7.54	0.457 ± 0.004	258.40 ± 4.03	55.20 ± 0.46^a,c
V	3	30.32 ± 0.17	12.56 ± 0.07^a	17.77 ± 0.10^A	0.707 ± 0.002^b,A,B	371.67 ± 4.70^b	272.33 ± 8.35	0.459 ± 0.007	255.73 ± 1.07	80.00 ± 4.00^c
	5	30.92 ± 0.07	12.48 ± 0.01^a,b	18.44 ± 0.08^a,B	0.677 ± 0.003^B	397.67 ± 5.24^b,A	278.33 ± 8.41	0.482 ± 0.008	278.93 ± 2.78^b,A	102.13 ± 4.85^b,A
	7	29.00 ± 0.18^a,A	12.21 ± 0.03^a	16.80 ± 0.15^b	0.727 ± 0.005^b,A	369.00 ± 5.29^b	273.67 ± 3.28	0.594 ± 0.012^a,A	377.07 ± 5.94^a,B	74.13 ± 1.87^b
WS	3	32.38 ± 0.16^a	13.34 ± 0.07^b,A,B	19.04 ± 0.09^b	0.701 ± 0.001^a,b	226.00 ± 5.13^c	248.67 ± 3.84	0.459 ± 0.007	264.53 ± 3.87^A,B	47.73 ± 1.41^a
	5	31.97 ± 0.10	12.91 ± 0.08^b,A	19.06 ± 0.04^b	0.677 ± 0.004	226.00 ± 6.11^c	253.00 ± 9.54	0.458 ± 0.007	255.73 ± 2.82^a,A	48.80 ± 2.57^a
	7	32.57 ± 0.11^b	13.45 ± 0.03^b,B	19.11 ± 0.10	0.704 ± 0.003^a,b	231.67 ± 5.36^c	249.67 ± 4.06	0.456 ± 0.008	268.27 ± 0.96^B	47.47 ± 1.16^a
WV	3	31.98 ± 0.09^a	13.37 ± 0.13^b,A	18.61 ± 0.09^a,b	0.719 ± 0.010^b	267.33 ± 6.17^a,d,A	254.00 ± 8.39	0.458 ± 0.008^A	265.07 ± 3.47	60.27 ± 2.08^b
	5	34.58 ± 0.21^a,A	12.86 ± 0.10^b,B	21.72 ± 0.12^A	0.592 ± 0.002^a,A	318.33 ± 8.95^d	257.67 ± 1.67	0.470 ± 0.005^A,B	261.07 ± 2.08^a,b	96.53 ± 1.75^b,A
	7	31.59 ± 0.17	13.26 ± 0.03^b,A,B	18.33 ± 0.14^a	0.723 ± 0.004^a,b	306.33 ± 4.98^d	251.33 ± 6.12	0.497 ± 0.007^b,B	356.00 ± 5.00^b,A	61.87 ± 2.13^b,c