FIGURE 4.

Effect of oral gavage and oral glucose gels on 6‐hour (6h)‐fasted intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test (IPGTT) outcome following bedding retention cage changes (BRCC) in (A) males; (B) females in proestrous‐oestrous (P‐E); and (C) females in metoestrous‐dioestrous (M‐D). (D) Area under the curve (AUC)₁₂₀ for graphs (A‐C). * and # represent a significant difference compared to females in P‐E and M‐D, respectively. ~ represents a significant difference compared to oral glucose gels (P < 0.05, two‐way repeated‐measures ANOVA (A–C) and two‐way ANOVA) (D) with Holm‐Sidak post hoc tests). Data are mean ± SEM (n = 5 for males, females in P‐E and females in M‐D)