Table 1

Food consumption, water intake, and average body weight gain in fed or starving rats with or without bedding

	Fed		Starving
	No Bedding	Bedding		No Bedding	Bedding
	No Bedding	β-Chip	Paper	No Bedding	β-Chip	Paper
Food consumption (g/day)	18.9 ± 1.0	17.5 ± 0.8	17.2 ± 0.9
Water consumption (ml/day)	29.4 ± 1.0	31.1 ± 3.5	30.0 ± 2.9	9.5 ± 5.4^1-160	15.0 ± 2.9^1-160	15.5 ± 3.9^1-160
Average rate of gain (g/day)	6.7 ± 3.5	8.3 ± 4.3	9.1 ± 1.8	−11.7 ± 5.0	−10.0 ± 3.5	−6.7 ± 3.5^1-151

The values are mean ± S.D. (n = 3 animals). One way analysis of variance was used for comparisons of multiple group means followed by Newman-Keuls test.

↵1-160 Significant as compared with fed rats caged with no bedding, p < 0.01.
↵1-151 Significant as compared with starving rats caged with no bedding, p < 0.05.