Table 1.

Wet- (WB) and dry-bulb (DB) temperatures (°C; mean ± 1 SD) and relative humidity (RH; %, mean ± 1 SD) within pressurized intraventilated (PIV, n= 19) and filter-top (FT, n= 10) cages each containing 2 mice

	PIV			FT			Holding room
Day	DB	WB	RH	DB	WB	RH	DB	WB	RH
1	23.1 ± 0.4	16.5 ± 0.4	45	21.5 ± 0.2	17.0 ± 0.3	67	21.5	15.0	52
2	23.3 ± 0.4	18.1 ± 0.7	61	23.0 ± 0.0	18.2 ± 0.4	61	22.0	16.0	53
3	23.7 ± 0.4	19.8 ± 0.4	69	23.3 ± 0.4	19.8 ± 0.3	76	22.0	18.0	68
4	24.2 ± 0.4	19.9 ± 0.5	69	24.2 ± 0.5	20.0 ± 0.3	69	23.0	18.0	61
5	23.0 ± 0.3	18.5 ± 0.4	70	23.3 ± 0.4a	18.2 ± 0.5	70	22.0	17.0	60
6	22.9 ± 0.3	19.5 ± 0.4	78	23.0 ± 0.3	19.0 ± 0.6	74	22.0	18.0	68
7	23.1 ± 0.3	19.4 ± 0.4	71	23.1 ± 0.2	19.3 ± 0.4	71	22.0	18.0	68
8	23.1 ± 0.2	19.3 ± 0.3	71	23.0 ± 0.0	19.3 ± 0.4	71	22.5	17.5	69

^aSignificant (P < 0.05, Student t test) difference relative to room temperature.