. 2017 Jul 6;61(1):1348866. doi: 10.1080/16546628.2017.1348866

Table 1.

Effect of copper treatment on body mass gain (n = 36), liver growth, skeletal muscle growth, and lipid accumulation (n = 8) in rabbits

	0	5	15	45	p
Body mass gain (g/day)	22.90 ± 0.49^b	24.43 ± 0.44^ab	25.10 ± 0.30^a	24.79 ± 0.53^a	0.0455
Food intake (g/day)	124.10 ± 1.01	124.39 ± 1.30	126.68 ± 0.7	124.25 ± 0.80	0.2802
Liver yield (g)	100.72 ± 2.30^a	86.46 ± 4.73^bc	89.98 ± 4.25^b	72.56 ± 2.33^d	＜0.0001
Liver yield/BW (%)	3.78 ± 0.10^a	3.28 ± 0.15^b	3.42 ± 0.15^b	2.82 ± 0.09^c	0.0001
Foreleg yield (g)	144.99 ± 4.64^b	151.44 ± 6.40^ab	150.75 ± 3.93^ab	158.41 ± 3.31^a	0.0394
Hindleg yield (g)	322.10 ± 10.82^b	333.35 ± 11.72^ab	337.10 ± 7.50^ab	357.10 ± 5.59^a	0.0419
Foreleg yield/BW (%)	5.43 ± 0.14^b	5.74 ± 0.11^b	5.73 ± 0.12^b	6.16 ± 0.10^a	0.0072
Hindleg yield/BW (%)	12.08 ± 0.35^b	12.65 ± 0.18^b	12.83 ± 0.27^b	13.89 ± 0.25^a	0.0024
Shoulder fat yield (g)	7.32 ± 0.50^a	5.50 ± 0.54^bc	5.21 ± 0.28^c	5.63 ± 0.23^bc	0.0063
Perirenal fat yield (g)	34.58 ± 4.14^a	23.56 ± 3.10^b	24.75 ± 1.15^b	23.40 ± 2.20^b	0.0367
Perigastric fat yield (g)	9.90 ± 1.18^a	8.65 ± 1.02^ab	7.63 ± 0.91^ab	6.40 ± 0.56^b	0.0974
Shoulder fat yield/BW (%)	0.27 ± 0.01^a	0.20 ± 0.02^b	0.19 ± 0.01^b	0.21 ± 0.01^b	0.0024
Perirenal fat yield/BW (%)	1.27 ± 0.14^a	0.92 ± 0.12^b	0.92 ± 0.05^b	0.91 ± 0.08^b	0.0650
Perigastric fat yield/BW (%)	0.39 ± 0.04^a	0.30 ± 0.03^ab	0.28 ± 0.03^b	0.27 ± 0.02^b	0.0700

Values are the means ± standard error of the mean (for food intake and body mass gain, n = 36; for ratio and yield of tissue or organ, n = 8); Means with different superscripts (a, b, c, and d) are significantly different (p < 0.05).