Table 4. Summary of delivery and pup data
| Group/dose (mg/kg/day) | | No. of implantations | Post-implantation loss rate (%) | Live birth index (%) | PND 0 |
| No. of pups born | No. of live pups |
| Left | Right | Live | Dead | Total1) | Male | Female |
| G1/0 | Mean | 7.5 | 7.8 | 11.6 | 94.5 | 13.5 | 0.9 | 14.4 | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| S.D. | 1.6 | 2.3 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| N | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| G2/12.5 | Mean | 6.5 | 8.0 | 11.1 | 97.5 | 13.0 | 0.4 | 13.4 | 7.1 | 5.9 |
| S.D. | 2.8 | 1.4 | 10.2 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| N | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| G3/50 | Mean | 7.4 | 7.9 | 10.0 | 99.4 | 13.9 | 0.1 | 14.0 | 6.3 | 7.7 |
| S.D. | 2.2 | 1.7 | 11.0 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| N | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| G4/200 | Mean | 8.3 | 6.6 | 17.5 | 89.8 | 12.0 | 1.5 | 13.5 | 6.9 | 6.3 |
| S.D. | 2.4 | 3.3 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| N | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Post-implantation loss rate (%) = ([Number of implantations – Number of live pups] / Number of implantations) × 100.
Live birth index (%) = (Number of live pups on postnatal day 0 / Number of implantations) × 100.
Litter size.
PND, postnatal day; N, number of animals.