TABLE 1.
0 wk |
1 wk |
3 wk |
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Compartment | Total | U > C | U < C | Total | U > C | U < C | Total | U > C | U < C |
Urine | 98 | 11 | 87 | 71 | 8 | 63 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
Plasma | 73 | 19 | 54 | 32 | 7 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 14 |
Stool | 116 | 105 | 11 | 79 | 65 | 14 | 117 | 11 | 106 |
n = 8 pools (4 mice/pool) at 0 wk; n = 8 pools (2 mice/pool) at 1 wk; and n = 8 mice at 3 wk after ending FD. C, control mice; FD, feed deprivation; U, mice undernourished from 5 to 15 d of age.