Table 2. Biochemical findings (mean ± SE, variance, mean and confidence interval) of control camels and camels with rumenal and reticular foreign bodies.

Parameter	Mean ± SE		Variance		Means			95% confidence interval
	Control (n=10)	Diseased (n=20)	F	Sig.	P value	Mean difference	Std. error	Lower	Upper
Sodium (NA) (mEq/l)	156.5 ± 2.9	137.80 ± 3.63	5.62	0.049	0.000	136.80	4.12	127.04	146.55
Potassium (K) (mEq/l)	3.8 ± 0.3	2.84 ± 0.31	5.98	0.044	0.000	−151.66	0.35	−152.50	−150.81
Calcium (CA) (mg/dl)	8.4 ± 0.7	9.12 ± 0.17	3.87	0.090	0.000	5.32	0.20	4.84	5.79
Phosphorus (PH) (mg/dl)	2.7 ± 0.4	6.81 ± 1.89	5.20	0.057	0.484	-1.58	2.14	−6.65	3.48
Chloride (Cl) (mEq/l)	5,089.00 ± 168.82	4,748.00 ± 277.50	8.03	0.025	0.314	−341.00	314.66	−1,085.06	403.06
Zinc (Zn) (ppm)	11.91 ± 83	10.96 ± 0.65	10.12	0.015	0.242	−0.94	0.73	−2.69	0.80
Copper (Cu) (ppm)	11.90 ± 0.57	12.54 ± 1.50	9.72	0.017	0.718	0.64	1.70	−3.38	4.66
Iron (Fe) (ppm)	141.10 ± 6.83	92.89 ± 5.49	3.17	0.118	0.000	−48.20	6.23	−62.95	−33.46
Cobalt (Co) (ppm)	300 ± 17.13	242.78 ± 20.27	11.42	0.012	0.042	−57.21	22.99	−111.58	−2.84
Manganese (MN) (ppm)	3.81 ± 0.08	3.57 ± 0.13	11.28	0.012	0.158	−0.23	0.14	−0.58	0.11
Selenium (Se) (ppm)	119.90±.63	91.70 ± 1.27	7.12	0.032	0.000	−28.19	1.44	−31.62	−24.76
Magnesium (Mg) (mg/dl)	0.25 ± 0.03	2.22 ± 0.05	12.08	0.010	0.000	1.97	0.06	1.81	2.12
Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) (mg/dl)	18 ± 10.1	28.20 ± 7.10	56.14	0.000	0.246	10.20	8.06	−8.86	29.26
Creatinine (CR) (mg/dl)	0.96 ± 1.30	1.96 ± 0.47	34.66	0.001	0.106	1.00	0.53	−0.27	2.27
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (IU/l)	68.00 ± 44	214.00 ± 59.66	53.28	0.000	0.068	146.00	67.65	−13.98	305.98
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (IU/l)	17.00 ± 0.70	23.00 ± 4.59	4.95	0.061	0.287	6.00	5.20	−6.31	18.31
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) (IU/l)	7 ± 3	53.00 ± 13.61	15.16	0.006	0.021	46.00	15.43	9.50	82.49
Creatine kinase (CK) (IU/l)	138.00 ± 22	312.80 ± 97.17	22.63	0.002	0.157	174.80	110.19	−85.76	435.36
Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) (Ul)	13.00 ± 5.0	22.60 ± 8.24	7.68	0.028	0.339	9.60	9.35	−12.51	31.71
Total Bilirubin (TBIL) mg/dl	0.40 ± 0.07	0.40 ± 0.03	2.07	0.193	1.000	0.00	0.03	−0.08	0.08
Albumin (ALB) (g/dl)	4.30 ± 0.4	4.62 ± 0.34	4.50	0.071	0.445	0.320	0.39	−0.61	1.25
Total proteins (TP) (g/dl)	7.4 ± 0.4	6.78 ± 0.58	4.31	0.077	0.379	−0.62	0.66	−2.18	0.94
Globulin (GLOB) (g/dl)	3.8 ± 0.5	2.40 ± 0.51	40.93	0.000	0.049	−1.40	0.58	−2.79	−0.00
Glucose (GLU) mg/dl	62.00 ± 19.3	232.40 ± 24.47	6.55	0.038	0.000	170.40	27.75	104.76	236.03

P value <0.05 were considered significant.