Table 2

The means, medians and the range of individual results of GPX determinations (units g Hb-1) in blood from non-pregnant and pregnant ewes on farms in the three scrapie categories in scrapie-afflicted areas (see also text) and on farm A.


Scrapie-free farms
Scrapie-prone farms
Scrapie-afflicted farms
Farm A*

Non-pregnant ewes





Means
312
267
361
452
Medians
280
243
342
478
Range
92–625
67–585
36–733
94–707

Pregnant ewes





Means
298
239
278
-
Medians
267
189
240
-
Range
71–625
58–625
54–766
-

*: The ewes on farm A were all non-pregnant.

Gudmundsdóttir et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:23   doi:10.1186/1751-0147-50-23