Dietary Mercury Exposure Resulted in Behavioral Differences in Mice Contaminated with Fish-Associated Methylmercury Compared to Methylmercury Chloride Added to Diet
Figure 1
Influence of diet on the body weight growth. Mice were exposed to a control diet (“Control” plot with black diamonds), or a MeHg-containing diet (“MeHg” plot with red triangles), or a fish-containing diet (“Fish” plot with blue squares). Weights (in grams) were collected at the indicated kinetic time points and the mean weights plotted. Means and standard deviations were calculated from 16 control-, MeHg- and fish-fed mice from the beginning to the 35th day. From days 38 to 56, they were calculated from 8 animals per diet. The asterisks indicate a significant difference in body weight for mice fed the MeHg- and fish-containing diet compared to those fed the control diet, as determined with a one-way ANOVA followed by a Dunnett’s multiple comparison method, , and .
