Table 3 Median values and ranges for serum biochemistry values in all dogs in training, withdrawals, finishers and controls, along with reference range

AST

0–40 U/L

31

18–92

178

88–758

375.5

89–2539

29

16–156

ALT

0–80 U/L

59.5

35–186

184

94–368

174

62–662

63

31–379

AP

0–90 U/L

37

16–107

61

26–176

79

18–129

34

18–101

CK

0–200 U/L

92

50–558

1294

583–18,918

1344.5

0–67,710

86

39–6209

AMYL

0–1050 U/L

361.5

152–927

274

130–526

204

5–1184

400

213–705

TPROT

54–75 g/L

63

55–71

52

41–62

51

38–64

62

59–68

ALB

32–44 g/L

36

30–44

30

24–37

33

20–45

37

34–44

GLOB

22–31 g/L

27

19–38

21

17–26

21

10–25

24

22–28

A/G

1.0–2.0

1.37

0.79–2.00

1.43

1.13–1.79

1.465

1.04–4.50

1.54

1.26–1.83

UREA

3.5–7.2 mmol/L

6.9

4.0–10.3

14.2

7.1–22.7

13.45

7.6–24.1

6.2

3.5–9.6

CREAT

65–110 µmol/L

76

60–96

56

45–71

53

39–71

70

56–79

BA

0–10 µmol/L

1

0–10

3

1–15

7

1–18

2

0–9

CHOL

3.4–10.0 mmol/L

5.8

4.2–9.1

5.5

4.0–8.1

5.6

3.4–8.9

5.2

3.4–7.9

GLU

3.6–6.6 mmol/L

4.8

3.5–6.4

5.5

4.0–7.6

7.5

3.9–12.6

5.9

4.8–6.9

PHOSP

0.9–2.0 mmol/L

1.2

0.7–1.6

1.4

0.9–1.9

1.6

1.0–2.3

1.2

0.8–1.8

Ca

2.2–2.9 mmol/L

2.5

2.2–2.7

2.2

2.0–2.4

2.15

1.9–2.4

2.4

2.3–2.5

Na

140–154 mmol/L

148

146–151

148

146–152

147

142–151

149

147–151

K

3.7–5.8 mmol/L

4.7

3.9–5.3

3.8

3.3–4.3

3.85

3.1–4.7

5.1

4.8–5.5

Na/K

> 27.0

31.3

27.9–37.7

39.5

34.4–45.8

37.9

30.6–46.8

29.4

26.7–31.5

Cl

99–115 mmol/L

113

107–118

116

111–123

113

108–120

113

110–116

CRP

0–15 mg/L

18.7

1.2–78.9

75.1

27–192

93.05

22–220

3.2

0.0–156.9

CORT

20–250 nmol/L

58

14–141

147

74–323

80.5

46–224

52

34–125