Table 3.
Calcium and phosphorus values (mg.g−1) for the femur of the animals in the control (C) and trained (T) groups kept in small cage (SC) and large cage (LC).
| Small cage | Large cage | Housing space effect | Training effect | Interaction | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | T | C | T | P | F | P | F | P | F | |
| Calcium (mg.g−1) | 227.77 ± 73.23 | 160.07 ± 37.73a | 255.07 ± 44.57b | 304.76 ± 69.81ab | < 0.01 | 19.2 | 0.64 | 0.21 | < 0.01 | 8.98 |
| Phosphorus (mg.g−1) | 110.5 ± 31.70 | 113.76 ± 21.40 | 119.46 ± 20 | 116.27 ± 25.89 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.69 | 0.15 |
Calcium and phosphorus data in mg per gram of bone ash weight are in mean ± standard deviation (SD). Statistical analysis: Two-way Anova was used for identifying the effects of housing space and training, and Post-hoc Newman Keuls was used to trace differences among groups. Statistical significance symbols: a- different from SC-C, b- different from SC-T.