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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Reprod Toxicol. 2011 Oct 7;32(4):395–406. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2011.09.010

Table 2.

Testis weight and sperm head count per testis 28 days the start of treatment. Treatment was given as a single dose (Expt. 1) or with 6 doses given at 5-day intervals (Expt. 2) or 7 doses at 4-day intervals (Expt. 3) (N=3).


Testis Weight Sperm Head Count
Control 83.8 ± 2.6 a 16.7 ± 1.9 ×106 a
Expt. 1
150 p.o. 67.8 ± 3.3 b 1.9 ± 0.2 ×106 b,c
150 i.p. 59.9 ± 3.6 c 1.2 ± 0.05 ×106 c
200 p.o. 63.0 ± 0.8 b,c 1.0 ± 0.02 ×106 c
200 i.p. 57.8 ± 0.5 c 1.1 ± 0.2 ×106 c
Expt. 2
150 p.o./5 days 31.3 ± 2.8 d 2.2 ± 0.3 ×106 b
150 i.p./5 days 30.3 ± 3.3 d 2.9 ± 0.1 ×106 b
Expt. 3
150 p.o./4 days 30.5 ± 1.1 d 2.9 ± 0.3 ×106 b

Different letters indicate statistically significant differences among all groups (p<0.05).