Research Article

Dietary Supplementation of Leucine in Premating Diet Improves the Within-Litter Birth Weight Uniformity, Antioxidative Capability, and Immune Function of Primiparous SD Rats

Table 4

Effect of dietary leucine supplementation on tissue weights on day −1 of pregnancy in SD rats.

GroupsBody weightAbsolute tissue weightPercentage of BW
OvaryUterusOvaryUterus
gmgg

Control
0.6% leucine

Value is the mean ± standard error of means of ten replicates; is means labeled with significant difference (); is means labeled with extreme difference ().