Table 2.

Mean weekly water and daily feed consumption, the body weight (initial, after 6 weeks, and 12 weeks as final body weight) in control rats and treated with different levels of Cu-Gly

Group	n	Body weight, g			Water consumption (ml)	Feed consumption (g)
		Initial body weight (g)	After 6 weeks	After 12 weeks
CONT	12	356.8 ± 28.4	396.2b ± 26.9	464.2a ± 39.8	85.3 ± 14.8	163.9 ± 13.8
OG100	12	352.4 ± 24.9	453.3a ± 21.1	476.9a,b ± 30.6	83.5 ± 12.6	165.6 ± 17.3
OG75	12	357.2 ± 12.9	467.4a ± 19.9	499.8b ± 6.0	84.7 ± 16.2	167.1 ± 17.3
OG50	12	356.9 ± 10.8	453.2a ± 22.0	488.6a,b ± 15.3	85.8 ± 12.3	166.2 ± 13.5
SEM		2.883	9.601	10.033	2.120	1.884
P value		0.930	0.001	0.031	0.855	0.996

Data given are mean ± SD. CONT—the control group received Cu in 100% of daily demand from sulfate (S-Cu), OG100—the group received Cu in 100% of daily demand from Cu-Gly, OG75—the group received Cu in 75% of daily demand from Cu-Gly, OG50—the group received Cu in 50% of daily demand from Cu-Gly

^a,b,cMean values in rows with different letters differ significantly at P < 0.05