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

Table 2

Comparison of paired samples of whole blood and serum using the VetScan analyzer ($N$ = 13).

Parameter	Units	$R$	Median difference	Quartiles	Range of differences
Glucose	mmol/L	0.95	0.6	0.3–0.9	$-\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}2.6$ to $1.3\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$
Potassium	mmol/L	0.70	$-1.0\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$	$-0.6$ – $-0.6$	$-1.3$ to $-0.6\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$
Alkaline phosphatase	U/L	0.99	6	0–17	$-106$ to $17\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$
Alanine transferase	U/L	0.98	$-1\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$	$-2$–1	$-3$ to $2\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$
Amylase	U/L	0.95	30	18–67	$-225$ to $289\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$
Total bilirubin	$\mu$mol/L	8.7	0.7	0–1.7	$-1.7$ to $1.7\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$
Calcium	mmol/L	0.18	0.08	0.03–0.1	$-0.28$ to $0.18\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$
Cholesterol	mmol/L	0.02	0.26	0.05–0.54	$-0.67$ to $0.98\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$
Creatinine	$\mu$mol/L	14.1	0	$-8.8$–8.8	$-17.7$ to $26.5\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$
Total protein	g/L	4.6	2.0	1.0–3.0	$-6.0$ to $6.0\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$