Table 2.

Mass, energy expenditure and percent fat. (Mean ±1 s.d. of body mass (g) at initial capture, energy expenditure (DEE, kJ d⁻¹), resting metabolic rate (RMR, kJ d⁻¹), sustained metabolic scope (SusMS, no units) and percent fat (% fat) for Cape ground squirrel females before treatment for parasites (before treatment) and after treatment (after treatment). n denotes sample sizes.)

	before treatment		after treatment
	mean	s.d.	mean	s.d.
n	18		14
body mass (g)	578	62	596	52
DEE (kJ d−1)	382	100	375	92
RMR (kJ d−1)	173	50	217	39
SusMS	2.31	0.68	1.76	0.61
% fat	9.54	3.32	12.41	3.74