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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Senses. 2007 Jun 12;32(7):655–671. doi: 10.1093/chemse/bjm034

Table 9.

Part 3—number of mice in each age group, body weights, and water intakes

Sex and age (weeks) Group size
Body weight (g)
Water intake (ml/day)
B6 129 C57BL/6J 129X1/SvJ C57BL/6J 129X1/SvJ
Males fed Teklad 8604
8 12 12 21.5 ± 0.7 22.6 ± 0.7 5.5 ± 0.4 5.0 ± 0.4
125 12 15 33.9 ± 0.7 26.3 ± 0.7* 4.6 ± 0.4 5.4 ± 0.3
Females fed Teklad 8604
8 12 8 16.7 ± 0.7 19.2 ± 0.9 4.9 ± 0.4 4.4 ± 0.5
125 10 9 30.1 ± 0.8 23.3 ± 0.9*,** 6.2 ± 0.4 4.4 ± 0.4*,**
*

P < 0.01, comparison between strains at the same age and same sex;

P < 0.01, comparison with males of the same strain and age.