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.