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. 2016 Sep 7;11(9):e0162432. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162432

Table 3. Dam Pregnancy and Litter Mortality Outcomes.

WT LFD WT HFD Tph1-/- LFD Tph1-/- HFD
Average Number of Pregnancies 1.4 ± 0.2 1.5 ± 0.3 1.3 ± 0.2 1.7 ± 0.2
Number of Dams with a Successful First Pregnancy and Lactation (%) 5 / 8 (63%) 2 / 4 (50%) 7 / 10 (70%) 2 / 6 (33%)
Days from First Mating to Birth of a Litter that Survived through L10 24.0 ± 2.3 31.3 ± 5.7 24.6 ± 2.3 27.0 ± 3.3
Litter Size on L0 (pups) 7.0 ± 0.4 7.0 ± 0.7 7.3 ± 0.7 7.5 ± 0.7
Litter Size on L1 (pups) 6.9 ± 0.5 4.0 ± 0.7 6.0 ± 0.8 5.8 ± 0.5
Pups Dead from L0 to L1 (% of total pups from all litters) 2.1 ± 2.1 43 ± 6.9 12 ± 4.1 20 ± 7.7
Litter Size on L10 (pups) 6.4 ± 0.8 3.3 ± 0.6 5.6 ± 0.8 5.3 ± 0.7