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Table 1 Serum biochemical profile

From: Dystrophic mineralization of the arterial fibrovascular tissue associated with a vitamin D hypervitaminosis in an 8-year-old female Alpaca (Vicugna pacos)

Biochemical parameter

Analytical method

Linearity

Intra-assay variation (CV%)

Inter-assay variation (CV%)

Total protein

Biuret

2.0–120 g/l

1.1

1.5

Albumin

Albumin bromocresol green (BCG)

2–60 g/l

0.7

1.0

Globulin

Calculated parameter

Urea

UV kinetic – Urease

0.5–40 mmol/l

2.1

3.4

Creatinine

Enzymatic – PAP

5–2700 μmol/l

1.1

1.2

Calcium

o-cresolphtalein complexone

0.20–5 mmol/l

1.0

1.6

Phosphate

Phosphomolybdate

0.10–6.46 mmol/l

0.7

1.4

Magnesium

Xylidyl blue

0.10–2.0 mmol/l

1.1

1.3

Sodium

Indirect potentiometry

80–180 mmol/l

0.3

0.5

Chlorine

Indirect potentiometry

60–140 mmol/l

0.3

0.6