Table 2.
Day 1 post-exposure | Day 7 post-exposure | Day 15 post-exposure | ||||
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Control | Treated | Control | Treated | Control | Treated | |
Necropsy body weight | 367.91 ± 14.61 | 359.87 ± 22.81 | 386.97 ± 27.29 | 385.48 ± 23.53 | 415.66 ± 16.32 | 410.95 ± 26.26 |
Lung | ||||||
Absolute | 0.46 ± 0.05 | 0.47 ± 0.04 | 0.47 ± 0.07 | 0.47 ± 0.04 | 0.49 ± 0.05 | 0.49 ± 0.02 |
Relative | 0.12 ± 0.01 | 0.13 ± 0.01 | 0.12 ± 0.01 | 0.12 ± 0.02 | 0.12 ± 0.01 | 0.12 ± 0.01 |
Liver | ||||||
Absolute | 13.52 ± 1.60 | 13.11 ± 1.56 | 13.25 ± 2.79 | 14.73 ± 1.20 | 14.28 ± 0.89 | 14.59 ± 1.26 |
Relative | 3.67±0.43 | 3.64 ± 0.43 | 3.42 ± 0.72 | 3.82 ± 0.31 | 3.44 ± 0.21 | 3.55 ± 0.31 |
Spleen | ||||||
Absolute | 0.79 ± 0.08 | 0.75 ± 0.11 | 0.85 ± 0.17 | 0.94 ± 0.16 | 1.03 ± 0.05 | 0.93 ± 0.10 |
Relative | 0.22 ± 0.02 | 0.21 ± 0.03 | 0.22 ± 0.04 | 0.24 ± 0.04 | 0.25 ± 0.01 | 0.23 ± 0.02 |
Note: All values are presented as the mean (g) ± standard deviation for the indicated animal groups.