Table 3.

Effect of exposure to TCDD on body and organ weights

Weight (g) (% body weight)	Day 9		Day 35		Day 60
	Control n = 10	TCDD n = 10	Control n = 5	TCDD n = 5	Control n = 9	TCDD n = 8
Body	26.94 ± 0.31	26.97 ± 0.35	28.14 ± 0.71	30.01 ± 0.61	34.15 ± 1.36	33.90 ± 1.36
Liver	1.492 ± 0.038 (5.54 ± 0.13)	1.587 ± 0.052 (5.92 ± 0.20)*	1.490 ± 0.075 (5.29 ± 0.18)	1.922 ± 0.062* (6.40 ± 0.09)*	1.728 ± 0.071 (5.08 ± 0.16)	1.979 ± 0.088* (5.86 ± 0.21)*
Heart	0.123 ± 0.001 (0.46 ± 0.01)	0.124 ± 0.003 (0.46 ± 0.01)	0.114 ± 0.005 (0.41 ± 0.01)	0.134 ± 0.004* (0.45 ± 0.02)	0.129 ± 0.004 (0.38 ± 0.01)	0.134 ± 0.005 (0.40 ± 0.01)
LV + S	0.085 ± 0.002 (0.32 ± 0.01)	0.087 ± 0.002 (0.32 ± 0.01)	0.083 ± 0.004 (0.29 ± 0.01)	0.099 ± 0.003* (0.33 ± 0.01)*	0.089 ± 0.003 (0.26 ± 0.01)	0.095 ± 0.004 (0.28 ± 0.01)*
RV	0.39 ± 0.002 (0.14 ± 0.01)	0.037 ± 0.002 0.14 ± 0.01	0.031 ± 0.003 0.11 ± 0.01	0.034 ± 0.003 0.11 ± 0.01	0.040 ± 0.003 (0.12 ± 0.01)	0.039 ± 0.004 (0.12 ± 0.01)

^*P < 0.05, compared to control on the same day