Regardlessof its exact role, the detection of NGAL in bottlenose dolphins meansthat it can be assessed as a candidate biomarker for renal injury.The findings from this study can serve as a resource for future biomarkerstudies of renal health, facilitating protein measurements throughparallel reaction monitoring approaches similar to those publishedfor bottlenose dolphins with metabolic disease., The gene discussed is LCN2; the disease is Other metabolic disease.