A defect in dystrophin causes a novel porcine stress syndrome

BMC Genomics

Table 1 Plasma creatine phosphokinase activity in normal and stress-responsive pigs

Group^a	Normal (n = 103)^b	Carrier (n = 37)	Affected (n = 35)^c
Pre-challenge	482.42 ± 41.30	573.93 ± 89.14	1635.27 ± 148.22
Post-challenge	644.37 ± 68.80	469.26 ± 51.08	1928.46 ± 136.37

^a Pre-challenge was at 7 weeks of age, post-challenge was at 8 weeks of age after isoflurane treatment.
^b Mean and standard error of plasma CPK in units/liter. Of 192 pigs that were sampled, not all the normal animals were challenged with isoflurane anesthesia.
^c Values were not different before or after challenge; affected pigs had significantly greater CPK activity than normal or carrier pigs (p < 0.0001).

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