Table 2.
Concentrations of acylcarnitines found in serum and urine of the foal and the mare.
| Acyl carnitines | Serum | Urine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foal | Mare | Foal | Mare | |||||||
| μmol/L |
% of mean of 34 AM horses |
μmol/L |
% of mean of 34 AM horses |
Mean of 19 neg. controls |
μmol/
mmol crea |
% mean of 14 AM horses |
μmol/
mmol crea |
% of mean of 14 AM horses |
Mean of 11 neg. controls |
|
| Butyryl | 23 | 40.4 | 4.9 | 8.5 | 0.98 | 82.9 | 31.4 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 0.65 |
| Hexanoyl | 3.3 | 45.4 | 2.0 | 27.3 | 0.24 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 0.41 | 0.70 | 0.04 |
| Octanoyl | 0.4 | 32.4 | 0.37 | 30.0 | 0.02 | 1.0 | 13.7 | 0.17 | 2.22 | 0.01 |
| Decenoyl | 0.09 | 11.8 | 0.14 | 18.3 | 0.01 | 0.79 | 11.4 | 0.07 | 0.99 | n.d. |
| Isobutyryl | 8.3 | 129 | 1.3 | 19.8 | 1.5 | 138 | 181 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 2.3 |
| Isovaleryl | 7.0 | 42.8 | 1.1 | 6.5 | 0.31 | 41.8 | 64.8 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 0.28 |
| Methylbutyryl | 4.3 | 31.6 | 1.3 | 9.6 | 0.31 | 47.8 | 58.7 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 0.37 |