Table 1.

Pups body weight: results of three-way ANOVA performed on body weight as dependent variable and days (1), prenatal treatment with corticosterone (2), and early handling (3) as independent variables.

Source of Variation	DF	SS	MS	F	P-level
1-days	19	922,580	48,557	89.39	<0.001
2-prenatal treatment	1	54,686	54,686	100.7.83	<0.001
3-early handling	1	77,176	77,176	142.1.33	<0.001
1:2	19	9,384	492	0.9057	=0.5775
1:3	19	17,917	943	1.736.79.1	=0.0468
2:3	1	42,968	42,968	0.6584	<0.001
1:2:3	19	6,795	357.7		=0.8477
Residuals	80	43,457	543.2

Pups’ body weight (g) was expressed as the weight for the entire litter.