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. 2012 Sep 20;7(9):e45587. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045587

Table 1. Order of treatments.

study day animal 1 animal 2 animal 3 animal 4 animal 5
1 3 mg/kg vehicle 1 mg/kg 3 mg/kg vehicle
2 vehicle 6 mg/kg 10 mg/kg vehicle 3 mg/kg
3 6 mg/kg 3 mg/kg vehicle 6 mg/kg 6 mg/kg
4 10 mg/kg 1 mg/kg 3 mg/kg 10 mg/kg 10 mg/kg
5 1 mg/kg 10 mg/kg 6 mg/kg 1 mg/kg 1 mg/kg

Table 1 shows the randomised Latin square design employed in the current study. Such a design allows all subjects to receive all treatments, once, in a different, randomly assigned, order, thereby minimising the risk of carryover effect.