Table 2.

.Weight gain (g.day-1), average food intake (g.100 g-1 body weight per day) and feed conversion efficiency (FCE) of normal (N), normal + levan (N+Lev), diabetic (D) and diabetic + levan (D+Lev) rats after fifteen days.

Groups	Body Weight Gain	Food Intake	Feed Conversion Efficiency (FCE)
N	5.28 ± 6.08(a)	10.21 ± 1.18(a)	0.52
N + Lev	5.08 ± 6.30(a)	10.60 ± 1.24(a)	0.48
D	0.91 ± 9.90(b)	18.27 ± 2.32(b)	0.05
D + Lev	-0.40 ± 8.67(b)	20.09 ± 2.20(b)	-0.02

Values are expressed as the mean ± S.D. (n = 5). The dose of levan was 200 mg.kg^-1.

^{a, b}Means with different letters within a column are significantly different (p < 0.05).