Table 1.
Weight (g) | Experimental groups | |||
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Control | Al2O3-nps | ZnO-nps | Al2O3-nps + ZnO-nps | |
IBW | 169±3.17a | 167±2.38a | 170±2.24a | 168±2.91a |
FBW | 222±6.16a | 207±3.67b | 201±5.50b | 195±4.53b |
BWG | 53.5±8.45a | 40±6.49a,b | 30.5±6.97b | 27±6.61b |
Heart weight | 0.81±0.10a | 0.68±0.02a,b | 0.65±0.02b | 0.63±0.02b |
Brain weight | 1.52±0.07a | 1.43±0.05a | 1.41±0.04a | 1.44±0.04a |
Lung weight | 1.63±0.06a | 1.64±0.10a | 1.57±0.07a | 1.59±0.09a |
Mean values within a row not sharing common superscript letters (a, b, c, d) were significantly different, p<0.05. IBW – initial body weight, FBW – final body weight, BWG – body weight gain.