Table 5.

Effect of water and water bottle location on voiding pattern in metabolic cage with filter paper below the metal grid

	Metabolic Cage Filter Paper Below
	Water Restricted (n = 20)	Water Provided (n = 20)
PVS per filter, n	1.9 ± 0.7	2.50 ± 1.20*
Size of PVS, mm2	523.81 ± 210.18 (n = 38)	523.09 ± 226.17 (n = 50)
Total area of PVS per filter, mm2	995.24 ± 447.94	1,307.73 ± 577.70
Total area of all spots per filter, mm2	1,040.99 ± 465.99	1,308.407 ± 578.56
PVS per total area, %	95.85 ± 5.53	99.97 ± 0.12*

Values are means ± SD. PVS, primary voiding spots.

^*P < 0.05.