Table 4.
Female fertility and litter data of F0 and F1 (cohort 1B)
Dietary dose (mg/kg bw per day) | F0 | F1 (cohort 1B) | ||||||
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Control | 100 | 300 | 1,000 | Control | 100 | 300 | 1,000 | |
No. of females paired | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
No. of females mated | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
No. of females pregnant | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 |
Live litters | 24 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 |
Total litter loss | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mean oestrous cycle duration (days) | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
Precoital interval > 4 daysa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Duration of pregnancy > 23 daysa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mean duration of pregnancy (days) | 22.6 | 22.7 | 22.8 | 22.9 | 22.6b | 22.6b | 22.3b | 22.5b |
Implantation sites/dam | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 16.0 | 16.2 | 15.3 |
Total number of implantation sites | 294 | 309 | 311 | 306 | 311 | 304 | 275 | 260 |
Post‐implantation loss | 38 | 24 | 48 | 30 | 20 | 29 | 16 | 28 |
Post‐implantation loss (mean per dam, %) | 17.5 | 8.1 | 17.0 | 11.8 | 6.7 | 10.1 | 6.0 | 12.8 |
Litters with > 2 post‐implantation lossesa | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Live litters with > 1 stillborna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Live litter size | 12.7 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 14.6b | 14.4b | 15.3b | 13.7b |
Litter weight at birth | 87.3 | 97.5 | 95.3 | 94.6 | 97.7b | 97.2b | 97.2b | 96.4b |
Calculated by the Panel based on individual data.
Calculated by the Panel based on individual data and including all 21 pregnant animals with live litters in the study.