Table 3.
Effects of pyridoxine on dry matter intakes and hair follicle density of Rex rabbit1.
Item | Pyridoxine level, mg/kg |
RMSE | P-value | ||||
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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).
Data represent means and root mean error (RMSE), n = 40 for dry matter intakes, and n = 8 for hair follicle density.