Table 2. Daily amounts of grain remaining in food dishes provided to adult black-tailed prairie dogs during a fipronil (FIP) grain safety trial, 10–14 April 2017, along with indexed maximum amounts of grain and FIP consumed (FIP grain = 0.005% FIP by weight).
Treatment | Prairie dog | Grain (g) in food dishes | Maximum amount consumed (g) | |||||
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10-Apr | 11-Apr | 12-Apr | 13-Apr | 14-Apr | Grain | FIP | ||
FIP grain | A | 94 | 84 | 71 | 35 | 31 | 63 | 0.0032 |
B | 96 | 90 | 80 | 58 | 42 | 54 | 0.0027 | |
C | 48 | 46 | 45 | 22 | 10 | 38 | 0.0019 | |
D | 49 | 45 | 38 | 29 | 14 | 35 | 0.0018 | |
Non-treated grain | E | 94 | 89 | 71 | 56 | 36 | 58 | . |
F | 91 | 88 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 5 | . |