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. 2021 May 6;19(5):e06585. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6585

Table 4.

Female fertility and litter data of F0 and F1 (cohort 1B)

Dietary dose (mg/kg bw per day) F0 F1 (cohort 1B)
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
a

Calculated by the Panel based on individual data.

b

Calculated by the Panel based on individual data and including all 21 pregnant animals with live litters in the study.