The Effects of Chronic Ingestion of Mercuric Chloride on Fertility and Testosterone Levels in Male Sprague Dawley Rats

Table 1

Mean weights of subjects across exposure period.

Days of HgCl2 exposure
	1		6		13		20		27		34		41		48		55
Exposure	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
0.0 HgCl2	85	2.0	144	3.3	194	4.4	240	4.6	280	5.3	315	5.7	341	6.8	366	7.4	369	6.8	364	4.9
1.0 HgCl2	82	2.3	140	3.5	187	4.2	231^#	4.1	266^#	4.1	296^#	5.8	319^#	5.4	340^#*	5.7	341^#*	5.4	349^#	5.4
2.0 HgCl2	79	3.3	131	3.8	174^*	5.0	212^*	5.1	241^*	6.4	271^*	8.0	281^*	7.7	307^*	8.0	310^*	8.3	319^*	7.9

Mean columns: mean weight in grams for an exposure group on a particular day of exposure. SE: standard error of the mean. ^*: significant difference from controls. ^#: significant difference from 2.0 mg/kg HgCl₂ group. Post hoc test using fisher LSD test. 𝑃<0.05.