Evaluation of a Portable Automated Serum Chemistry Analyzer for Field Assessment of Harlequin Ducks, Histrionicus histrionicus

Table 1

Female harlequin duck serum chemistry baseline reference values as determined on paired samples analyzed using the portable VetScan machine and a laboratory analyzer (Monarch).

		VetScan			Monarch
Parameter	Units	$N$	Median	Quartiles	$N$	Median	Quartiles
Glucose	mmol/L	88	18.8	16.9 –20.4	82	18.4	17.0–20.2
Potassium	mmol/L	88	2.7	2.4–3.0	82	2.0	2.0–2.1
Alkaline phosphatase	U/L	86	500	291–770	82	253	142–377
Alanine transferase	U/L	88	35	26–47	82	17	14–22
Amylase	U/L	88	1430	1191–1635	82	978	827–1169
Total bilirubin	$\mu$mol/L	79	3.4	3.4–5.1	1	3.4	—
Calcium	mmol/L	88	2.3	2.3–2.4	82	2.3	2.3–2.5
Cholesterol	mmol/L	88	5.6	4.5–6.5	82	5.3	4.3–6.2
Creatinine	$\mu$mol/L	88	17.7	17.7–26.5	82	44.2	35.4–53.0
Total protein	g/L	88	39	36–41	82	34	32–37
Globulin	g/L	NA	NA	NA	82	21	19–23