Figure 2.
Mean (±s.e.) daily food intake of control (closed symbols) and shaved (open symbols) dams with litters of 4 pups (A), or 2 pups (B) during the first 21 days of lactation and of virgins (C) housed at 23°C (circles) or 5°C (squares). 23-C and 23-S refer to control and shaved dams kept at 23°C, respectively; 5-C and 5-S designate control and shaved dams held at 5°C, respectively. a = significant difference between shaved and control females at 23°C. b = significant difference between shaved and control females at 5°C. c = significant difference between shaved females at 23°C versus 5°C. d = significant difference between control hamsters at 23°C versus 5°C. All statistical comparisons were performed with Fisher’s PLSD test. Note the different scale for the abscissa of panel C.
