Table 1.
Source of females paired with males and distribution of pup births and infertile pairs. There was no effect of stress or source of female on reproduction for the first or second litter.
Male group | Female Source | First litter | Second litter | ||
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Had pups | No pups | Had pups | No pups | ||
Control | Stock Center | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Colony | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
Total | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |
Stress | Stock Center | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Colony | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
Total | 11 | 3 | 10 | 1 | |
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Total | 21 | 8 | 16 | 5 |