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Table 3 Mink kit body weight results from the two farms

From: Low concentration of serum immunoglobulin G is associated with pre-weaning diarrhea in young mink kits (Neovison vison)

Kit age (days)

Control farm

Case farm

No. weighed kits

Median kit body weight (g)

25th percentile (g)

75th percentile (g)

No. weighed kits

Median kit body weight (g)

25th percentile (g)

75th percentile (g)

1

401

11.9

11.0

13.2

401

11.3

9.5

12.8

3

334

18.5

16.3

20.5

343

17.4

15.6

20.3

5

327

26.4

23.4

29.1

331

25.2

22.7

29.8

7

314

36.1

31.1

40.2

323

35.2

30.3

40.3

9

306

47.2

41.6

51.8

321

45.4

37.0

53.3

11

306

59.5

53.4

65.2

316

57.4

46.0

65.2

13

306

74.4

67.5

81.0

307a

65.9

53.7

77.0

15b

305

88.5

80.1

96.3

256

79.9

66.0

89.6

  1. aKits in case litters (PWD affected) decreased after day 13
  2. bAll groups (1–4) on the control farm and groups 1–3 on the case farm were weighed until day 15, while group 4 on the case farm was weighed until day 13