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. 2021 Oct 2;7(4):1162–1172. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2021.09.003

Table 3.

Effects of pyridoxine on dry matter intakes and hair follicle density of Rex rabbit1.

Item Pyridoxine level, mg/kg
RMSE P-value
0 5 10 20 40
Dry matter intakes, g/d 128.47c 129.24bc 131.81b 134.58a 130.50bc 31.301 0.001
Total hair follicle density, count/mm2 258.83b 286.22b 318.50ab 395.71a 338.92b 64.795 0.002
Primary hair follicle density, count/mm2 14.77 17.00 15.23 14.38 14.90 3.513 0.604
Secondary hair follicle density, count/mm2 244.07c 269.21bc 302.98bc 381.33a 324.02ab 65.240 0.002
Secondary-to-primary ratio (S/P) 17.13b 16.48b 21.42ab 28.63a 22.54ab 8.363 0.044

a, b, c Within a row, means with different superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).

1

Data represent means and root mean error (RMSE), n = 40 for dry matter intakes, and n = 8 for hair follicle density.