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Abstract
The serum levels of 18 constituents of 153 small cetaceans of both sexes from North-Western Pacific waters were measured. No sex differences were observed in any biochemical parameters in mature animals, but the serum levels of alkaline phosphatase (Alp), P, Na, and Cl were found to be age-related. The increase in serum Alp activity in younger animals seemed to originate from bone. Comparing the levels with those in humans there was (1) no difference in the levels of total protein, albumin, creatinine, total cholesterol, and γ-glutamyltranspeptidase, (2) a lower level of uric acid, and (3) higher levels of serum urea nitrogen, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, lactic dehydrogenase, Alp, creatine kinase, Na, K, Cl, Ca, and P.
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