Predilection Muscles and Physical Condition of Raccoon Dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) Experimentally Infected with Trichinella spiralis and Trichinella nativa

Table 2 Variables considering physical condition of the raccoon dogs.

Variable	T. nativa (n = 6)		T. spiralis (n = 6)		Control (n = 5)
	Mean	Range	Mean	Range	Mean	Range
Body weight (g)
Beginning	7225	6350–8500	7650	5750–10300	8433	6200–10150
End	9191	8150–10750	10175	8900–12650	10958	9300–12500
Growth (g) ¹⁾	1966	100–3800	2525	1200–3650	2525	1300–4300
Fat (g)	152	90–210	185	133–267	137	93–206
Fat % ²⁾	2.4#	1.5–3.1	2.6#	2.2–3.1	1.7**	1.4–1.9
Relative weight (%)²⁾
Heart	0.52	0.47–0.62	0.49	0.44–0.54	0.47	0.32–0.61
Liver	5.43	4.09–7.61	4.28	3.78–4.76	3.97	3.04–5.09
Spleen	0.21	0.18–0.26	0.24	0.15–0.3	0.21	0.15–0.29
Kidney	0.44	0.36–0.58	0.37	0.35–0.39	0.34	0.25–0.44

¹⁾ The growth of the animals is the difference of the body weight in the beginning and the end of the experiment.
²⁾ Calculated from the eviscerated body weight. **; significant differences (p < 0.01) between infected animals and controls tested by ANOVA and Bonferroni, #; differences not significant.

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