Table 6.
Summary of organ (g) weights; mean (SD), N = 8 unless stated
| Organ | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
P value Treatment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart | 170.66 | (20.62) | 173.22 | (25.40) | 174.79 | (17.99) | 157.73 | (24.55) | 0.2398 |
| Kidneys | 77.27 | (9.74) | 90.93 | (23.45) | 85.75 | (17.00) | 79.50 | (15.42) | 0.1829 |
| Liver/Gall bladder | 527.00 | (73.45) | 534.15 | (114.49) | 549.49 | (129.55) | 532.26 | (117.27) | 0.9546 |
| Lung | 180.73 | (21.52) | 182.79 | (23.98) | 180.34 | (20.64) | 179.20 | (26.20) | 0.9707 |
| Brain | 84.18 | (8.19) | 81.16 | (7.60) | 83.58 | (7.48) | 83.25 | (7.34) | 0.6928 |
| Thymus | 27.45 | (12.91) | 25.51 | (7.78) | 26.01 | (6.88) | 28.21 | (11.79) | 0.9293 |
| Spleen | 85.57 | (38.68) | 85.69 | (34.93) | 69.05 | (14.38) | 84.36 | (37.65) | 0.7196 |
| Thyroid/Parathyroid | 1.72 | (0.41) | 1.83 | (0.43) | 1.67 | (0.45) | 2.15 | (0.84) | 0.3149 |
| Adrenals (N = 7a) | 1.42 | (0.24) | 1.61 | (0.19) | 1.67 | (0.27) | 1.64 | (0.17) | 0.2064 |
| Pituitary | 0.11 | (0.02) | 0.10 | (0.02) | 0.11 | (0.02) | 0.09 | (0.02) | 0.3402 |
| Ovary (N = 4) | 1.39 | (0.56) | 1.26 | (0.14) | 1.17 | (0.42) | 1.30 | (0.19) | 0.8505 |
| Uterus (N = 4) | 6.35 | (5.83) | 3.04 | (1.23) | 3.19 | (1.15) | 2.88 | (1.04) | 0.3747 |
| Testis (N = 4) | 28.72 | (6.37) | 30.23 | (4.96) | 27.96 | (0.90) | 24.92 | (6.97) | 0.5779 |
| Prostate (N = 4) | 4.96 | (2.03) | 9.52 | (4.75) | 4.88 | (1.30) | 3.51 | (0.87) | 0.0462 |
a Adrenal was missing in one dog