Table 1. Mean ± S.E.M. values for reproductive outcomes in Time-mated and Pair-housed breeding dyads.
Breeding Group | |||||||
Reproductive Outcome | Measurement | Time-mated | Pair-housed | ||||
Mating success | Days to conception | 2.94 | ± | 0.59 | 4.57 | ± | 1.00 |
Litter size | Pups born (n) | 6.00 | ± | 0.32 | 5.46 | ± | 0.42 |
Litter maintenance | Pups survived (n) | 2.94 | ± | 0.71 | 3.57 | ± | 0.82 |
Sex ratio | Male pups (n) | 1.19 | ± | 0.32 | 1.64 | ± | 0.48 |
Female pups (n) | 1.87 | ± | 0.46 | 1.93 | ± | 0.58 | |
Body weights | Adult male offspring (g) | 26.13 | ± | 0.45 | 25.66 | ± | 0.28 |
Adult female offspring (g) | 20.12 | ± | 0.24 | 20.28 | ± | 0.28 | |
Total litters (n) | 15 | 13 |