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., This evidence concerns the gene LCN2 and metabolic disease.