Table 3.

Summary of th relative organ weights from singleton featuses infused with vehicle or metyrapone from 125 days and singleton fetuses infused with metyrapone from 137/138 days, at 140/141 days generation

	Tartaric acid infused from 125 days gastation (n = 6)	Metyrapone infused from 125 days gestation (n = 7)	Metyrapone infused from 137/8 days gestation (n = 8)
Fetal weight (kg)	4.5 ± 0.3	4.7 ± 0.3	4.8 ± 0.3
Total adrenal:body weight (g kg-1)	0.11 ± 0.01*	0.18 ± 0.03†	0.16 ± 0.01*†
Total kidney:body weight (g kg-1)	5.8 ± 0.3*	7.9 ± 0.7†	6.1 ± 0.3*
Heart:body weight (g kg-1)	6.5 ± 0.3	6.8 ± 0.2	7.0 ± 0.2
Lung:body weight (g kg-1)	29.8 ± 1.5	31.2 ± 1.4	29.2 ± 1.7
Liver: body weight (g kg-1)	26.4 ± 2.4*†	32.5 ± 3.3†	24.2 ± 0.9*
Anterior pituitary: body weight (g kg-1)	0.028 ± 0.001	0.025 ± 0.001	0.028 ± 0.002

^*†Mean values which are significantly different (P < 0.05).