Table 1. Body weight (g), anesthetic duration (min), and recovery time (min) of the SD, WST, and F344 rat strains.
| Strain | n. | Body weight (g) (mean ± SD) | Anesthetic duration (min) | Recovery time (min) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saline | n. | Anesthetic mixture | Mean ± SD | Shortest | Longest | Mean ± SD | Shortest | Longest | ||||
| SD | 6 | 296.6 ± 8.0# | 8 | 279.4 ± 17.7$ | 44.4 ± 14.0 | 25 | 65 | 101.9 ± 20.0 | 75 | 125 | ||
| WST | 6 | 264.4 ± 6.6# | 8 | 261.2 ± 19.6$ | 56.9 ± 6.5 | 45 | 65 | 86.3 ± 16.9* | 70 | 115 | ||
| F344 | 6 | 187.8 ± 3.7# | 6 | 168.9 ± 18.6 | 45.0 ± 13.8 | 30 | 65 | 72.5 ± 6.9* | 60 | 80 | ||
Data are presented as means ± SD or as the shortest and longest times for each strain. Differences between each strain were analyzed by one-way ANOVA followed by Scheffe’s test. A P value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. *P<0.05 compared with the SD strain. $P<0.05 compared with the F344 strain. #P<0.05 compared with the other strains.