Control | Labrador Tea | Antibiotics | MeHg | MeHg + Labrador Tea | MeHg + antibiotics | |
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Body weight gain (g) | 78.0 ± 15.6 | 84.4 ± 8.0 | 82.9 ± 17.1 | 75.3 ± 22.1 | 75.7 ± 20.8 | 76.8 ± 21.2 |
Kidney weight, absolute (g) | 2.20 ± 0.25 | 2.25 ± 0.24 | 2.24 ± 0.25 | 2.35 ± 0.22 | 2.41 ± 0.13 | 2.25 ± 0.26 |
Kidney weight, relative (%) | 0.609 ± 0.029 | 0.606 ± 0.028 | 0.613 ± 0.029 | 0.657 ± 0.042 | 0.659 ± 0.055 | 0.615 ± 0.050 |
Liver weight, absolute (g) | 12.64 ± 2.42 | 12.98 ± 0.88 | 10.60 ± 1.37 | 11.78 ± 1.06 | 12.44 ± 1.88 | 10.32 ± 1.34* |
Liver weight, relative (%) | 3.50 ± 0.17 | 3.50 ± 0.16 | 2.89 ± 0.17* | 3.29 ± 0.19 | 3.37 ± 0.23 | 2.81 ± 0.16* |
Liver enzymatic activities | ||||||
BROD (pmol/min/mg prot) | 42.7 ± 18.7 | 88.6 ± 26.3 | 105.5 ± 49.1* | 62.2 ± 23.4 | 84.0 ± 41.4 | 103.2 ± 36.3* |
EROD (pmol/min/mg prot) | 54.1 ± 24.4 | 88.4 ± 22.5 | 93.4 ± 37.6* | 28.0 ± 18.6 | 63.8 ± 28.4 | 69.4 ± 21.7 |
PROD (pmol/min/mg prot) | 17.3 ± 7.0 | 30.0 ± 8.8 | 33.5 ± 13.1* | 16.6 ± 6.9 | 19.5 ± 10.0 | 22.1 ± 8.8 |
GGT (mU/g prot) | 93.7 ± 51.0 | 113.2 ± 34.0 | 146.1 ± 30.1 | 102.9 ± 76.9 | 100.1 ± 32.5 | 79.8 ± 33.2 |