Table 3: Nursing time did not differ between treatment conditions.
Data were collected from litters for each condition as described in Methods (Sham N=4, WIN N=4, THC N=4, AM+WIN N=3). Values are presented as the percentage of total time during the observation period ± SEM. Total time spent nursing (i.e. the combined percentage of “arched”, “blanket” and “passive” nursing as compared to the percentage of “no nursing” observations) did not differ between groups (F9,44=1.116, P=0.3719. Two-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post-hoc analysis).
| Nursing behavior |
Arched nursing |
Blanket nursing |
Passive nursing |
No nursing | Total time in nest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sham | 8.33±3.40 | 48.96±12.31 | 26.67±2.55 | 11.46±3.56 | 88.54±1.78 |
| WIN | 9.37±3.56 | 58.33±2.95 | 16.67±8.74 | 16.67±5.38 | 89.58±1.80 |
| THC | 9.37±3.56 | 54.17±4.50 | 19.17±1.99 | 18.75±2.69 | 91.67±0.85 |
| AM+WIN | 8.33±2.08 | 43.06±3.18 | 30.21±6.36 | 16.67±5.51 | 94.44±0.60 |