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. 2018 Nov 21;8:17168. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-35495-0

Table 2.

Effect of captivity duration on body condition and immune response in R. icterica tested through a set of ANOVAs, with body index, bacterial killing ability, phagocytosis percentage and phagocytosis efficiency as dependent variables and captivity duration (0, 7, 30, 60, and 90 days) as factor.

Dependent Variable Source Type III SS DF MS F P
Body index Corrected Model 99.430 3 33.143 0.200 0.894
Intercept 1.953 1 1.953 0.012 0.915
CD 99.430 3 33.143 0.200 0.894
Error 2479.816 15 165.321
Total 2579.245 19
Corrected Total 2579.245 18
Bacterial killing ability Corrected Model 5879.014 4 1469.754 15.721 <0.001
Intercept 166969.202 1 166969.202 1785.963 <0.001
CD 5879.014 4 1469.754 15.721 <0.001
Error 2617.712 28 93.490
Total 182957.828 33
Corrected Total 8496.727 32
Phagocytosis Corrected Model 780.847 3 260.282 3.499 0.035
Intercept 7510.466 1 7510.466 100.973 <0.001
CD 780.847 3 260.282 3.499 0.035
Error 1487.625 20 74.381
Total 9778.938 24
Corrected Total 2268.471 23
Phagocytosis efficiency Corrected Model 109.301 3 36.434 1.552 0.232
Intercept 1594.140 1 1594.140 67.915 <0.001
CD 109.301 3 36.434 1.552 0.232
Error 469.454 20 23.473
Total 2172.895 24
Corrected Total 578.755 23

Abbreviation as follow: Type III SS: Type III sum of squares; DF: Degrees of freedom; MS: Mean square; CD: Captivity duration. Variables with P significant < 0.05 are highlighted in bold.