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

Table 3

Comparison of median serum calcium (mmol/L), potassium (mmol/L), and total protein (g/L), glucose (mmol/L), cholesterol (mmol/L), and alkaline phosphatase (IU/L) of female harlequin ducks from before ($N\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}=\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}10$), immediately after ($N\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}=\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}10$), and one day after ($N\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}=\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}9$) exposure to a three-day storm (median winds exceeding 15 knots).

Parameter	Calcium	Potassium	Total	Glucose	Cholesterol	Alkaline
	(mmol/L)	(mmol/L)	Protein (g/L)	(mmol/L)	(mmol/L)	phosphatase (U/L)
Prestorm	2.3	2.6	37	18.3	5.6	499.5
Immediately after storm abated	2.4	2.0	42	17.7	6.4	666.0
24 hrs after storm abated	2.4	2.7	39	19.3	4.2	500.0
Baseline	2.3	2.7	39	18.6	5.6	506.5