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Table 1 Differences in biochemical parameters between healthy control and Mycoplasma-infected partridges

From: Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection in the grey partridge Perdix perdix: outbreak description, histopathology, biochemistry and antioxidant parameters

Parameters

Groups of birds

 

Healthy control birds

Mycoplasma-infected birds

AST (μkat/l)

4.88 ± 1.93

4.84 ± 1.35

ALP (μkat/l)

3.79 ± 1.64

3.42 ± 1.75

LDH (μkat/l)

2.55 ± 1.35

8.20 ± 3.47**

CK (μkat/l)

11.58 ± 13.30 (M 17.21 ± 15.60; F 5.94 ± 7.05**)

28.88 ± 18.13**

ALT (μkat/l)

0.69 ± 0.13

0.62 ± 0.26

TP (g/l)

38.62 ± 7.99 (M 36.52 ± 5.36; F 40.76 ± 9.59*)

54.16 ± 9.64**

T-CHOL (mmol/l)

3.17 ± 1.00

3.70 ± 0.83

HDL-CHOL (mmol/l)

2.30 ± 0.75 (M 2.54 ± 0.80; F 2.06 ± 0.63**)

1.95 ± 0.40

TG (mmol/l)

1.31 ± 0.65

1.02 ± 0.80

GLU (mmol/l)

18.90 ± 2.60

21.68 ± 4.91*

AMY (μkat/l)

3.50 ± 1.47

5.98 ± 1.52**

UAC (μmol/l)

608.46 ± 418.91

918.66 ± 445.45

Ca (mmol/l)

2.63 ± 0.25

2.84 ± 0.22

P (mmol/l)

0.98 ± 0.41

1.09 ± 0.50

  1. Values represent mean ± SD; n = 88 in healthy control birds (44 males and 44 females), n = 10 in Mycoplasma-infected birds; * = p < 0.05, ** = p < 0.01; significant gender differences shown where appropriate. AST = aspartate aminotransferase, ALP = alkaline phosphatase, LDH = lactate dehydrogenase, CK = creatine kinase, ALT = alanine aminotransferase, TP = total protein, T-CHOL = total cholesterol, HDL-CHOL = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG = triglycerides, GLU = glucose, AMY = amylase, UAC = uric acid, Ca = calcium, P = phosphorus, M = male, and F = female.