Table 1.

Categories, volumes of bedding, mice, and cages per group used during the study. * One MVBG control cage housed no mice.

	Bedding category
	Low (LVBG)	Medium (MVBG)	High (HVBG)
Bedding mass	40 ± 0.10 g	70 ± 0.10 g	100 ± 0.10 g
Bedding volume	250 mL	400 mL	550 mL
No. of cages	5	7	5
No. of ICR mice	25	30	25
No. of mice per cage	5	5*	5