Table 5.

Summary of food consumption.

Group (mg/kg bw/d)		Daily mean food consumption (g/animal/day) on weeks
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Males
Control	Mean	25.0	25.2	26.4	26.9	25.8	25.9	26.9	25.7	24.2	25.3	23.8	25.4	24.1
	SD	1.56	1.76	1.93	1.74	2.13	1.94	2.25	1.87	2.04	2.50	2.03	2.31	2.47
180	Mean	23.1	25.3	26.6	27.2	27.1	26.8	26.9	26.1	25.3	26.7	25.3	26.2	26.5
	SD	1.52	1.70	2.13	1.82	1.88	2.16	2.27	2.24	1.88	1.65	1.45	1.59	1.84
	±%	−7.7	0.4	0.9	1.1	5.1	3.3	0.1	1.7	4.8	5.9	6.3	3.2	10.2
	SS	∗												∗
300	Mean	21.0	23.6	23.6	24.9	24.5	24.4	24.9	23.9	23.7	24.8	23.7	24.1	24.1
	SD	1.72	1.43	2.52	1.22	1.16	1.40	1.69	1.47	1.40	1.23	1.47	1.93	2.21
	±%	−16	−6	−11	−7	−5	−6	−7	−7	−2	−2	0	−5	0
	SS	∗∗		∗∗	∗∗			∗	∗
375	Mean	18.2	22.8	24.4	24.7	23.2	23.2	24.4	23.2	22.6	23.8	23.2	24.6	24.7
	SD	2.76	2.48	1.62	1.43	1.86	1.71	1.54	1.94	1.86	2.04	2.15	2.76	2.21
	n	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
	±%	−27	−10	−8	−8	−10	−11	−9	−9	−7	−6	−2	−3	3
	SS	∗∗	∗∗	∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗∗	∗	∗
Females
Control	Mean	17.3	17.6	17.8	18.9	19.5	19.3	19.7	19.0	17.9	19.4	18.6	20.5	20.0
	SD	1.04	1.35	1.19	1.34	1.60	1.37	1.54	2.19	2.21	2.15	2.66	2.31	2.69
180	Mean	15.5	17.0	17.8	18.2	18.3	18.4	19.3	17.9	17.3	18.8	17.6	19.2	19.4
	SD	0.53	0.88	1.13	1.10	1.48	1.46	1.51	1.16	1.14	1.63	1.18	1.48	1.69
	±%	−10	−4	0	−4	−6	−5	−2	−6	−3	−3	−5	−6	−3
	SS	∗∗
		∗∗
300	Mean	14.6	16.5	17.8	18.4	18.4	18.7	19.5	18.1	17.8	18.8	18.9	20.5	19.6
	SD	1.81	1.13	1.41	1.12	1.39	0.98	1.61	1.46	1.03	0.68	2.83	3.47	1.18
	n	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
	±%	−15	−6	0	−3	−6	−3	−1	−5	0	−3	2	0	−2
	SS	∗∗
		∗∗
375	Mean	14.4	17.5	17.6	18.8	18.7	18.6	19.6	18.7	17.7	18.9	18.2	19.8	19.9
	SD	1.49	1.08	2.14	1.17	1.80	2.26	1.57	1.55	1.45	1.64	1.79	1.91	1.95
	±%	−16.9	−0.6	−1.0	−0.5	−4.2	−3.9	−0.3	−1.7	−1.2	−2.9	−2.1	−3.3	−0.2
	SS	∗∗

±%, percent deviation versus control; mg/kg bw/d, milligrams per kilogram body weight per day; SD, standard deviation; g, grams; SS, statistical significance; n, number of animals.

^∗ p < 0.05; ^∗∗ p < 0.01. n = 10 unless otherwise stated.