Table 3.

Analysis of variance for the effects of maternal antibody status (fixed) and gender (fixed) on body mass and head width of study animals at weaning (at the age of 20 days) and at the age of 60 days. (The weight and head width at birth and weaning were used as covariant for the body mass and the width of head at weaning and at the age of 60 days, respectively. At weaning and at the age of 60 days, the mother (random, nested within MatAb status) and the study enclosure (random), respectively, were used as additional independent variables.) MS, mean square.

source of variation	MS	Fd.f.	p-value
body mass at weaning
MatAb status	2.084	0.5911,46.6	0.446
gender	0.550	1.3571,111	0.247
weight at birth	9.334	23.0241,111	0.000
width of head at weaning
MatAb status	0.382	1.9101,46	0.174
gender	0.062	2.2801,111	0.134
head width at birth	0.268	9.8791,111	0.002
body mass at 60 days of age
MatAb status	1.755	0.2331,48.5	0.631
gender	0.786	0.2181,29	0.644
weight at weaning	1.893	0.5251,29	0.475
head width at 60 days of age
MatAb status	0.042	0.6521,48	0.423
gender	0.003	0.1061,29	0.747
head width at weaning	0.275	9.0761,29	0.005