Table 1.

Effect of Cd treatment on reproductive effects on ED19 rats

	Initial body weight (g)	Final body weight (g)	Food consumption (g)	Water consumption (ml)	Gravid uterine weight (g)	Number of fetuses	Number of implantation sites	Number of resorption sites
Control	188 ± 5.7	283 ± 5.9	16.80 ± 0.8	31.12 ± 2.81	57.8 ± 2.1	12.41 ± 0.81	13.3 ± 0.74	0
50 ppm Cd	186 ± 6.3	269 ± 6.3a	15.71 ± 0.9	25.47 ± 2.54a	43.2 ± 0.91a	11.38 ± 0.34	12.5 ± 0.85	0.41 ± 0.03a
200 ppm Cd	183 ± 6.8	251 ± 7.3a	14.83 ± 0.61a	19.45 ± 1.31a.b	37.9 ± 0.84a	8.55 ± 0.51a,b	7.9 ± 0.43a,b	1.1 ± 0.07a,b

Each value represents the mean and SEM of three pregnant female rats. See “Materials and Methods” for experimental details. Statistical significance of difference among groups at p < 0.05

^aControl versus experiment

^b50 versus 200 ppm