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.