Liver function values from Pteropus giganteus bats.

Jonathan H. Epstein (335621)
Phenix-Lan Quan (363167)
Thomas Briese (67195)
Craig Street (248231)
Omar Jabado (206389)
Sean Conlan (303523)
Shahneaz Ali Khan (363588)
Dawn Verdugo (363589)
M. Jahangir Hossain (312110)
Stephen K. Hutchison (200350)
Michael Egholm (180599)
Stephen P. Luby (174280)
Peter Daszak (72525)
W. Ian Lipkin (67196)

Publication date

February 2013

DOI

10.1371/journal.ppat.1000972.t002

Abstract

No indication of hepatitis or impaired liver function was observed; no significant differences between mean values for infected (bold) or non-infected bats were apparent.The following parameters were analyzed: Total Protein (T. Prot); Albumin (Alb), Globulin (Glob), Alb∶Glob ratio, Total Cholesterol (T. Chol); Total Bilirubin (T. Bili); Akaline Phosphatase (Alk. Phos); Alanine Transferase (ALT); Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST); Gamma Glutamyltransferase (GGT) and Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH).</p