Sand Floor for Farmed Blue Foxes: Effects on Claws, Adrenal Cortex Function, Growth and Fur Properties

Table 2

Mass and overall quality of the furs (10-point scale; 1 = poorest, 10 = best; mean ± SD) of juvenile blue foxes in the Sand and Control groups.

	Sand		Control		Group	Sex	Group x Sex
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Mass^(a)	6.1±1.2	5.4±1.2	5.6±1.8	3.6±1.3	𝐹(1,13)=3.18	𝐹(1,13)=23.68	𝐹(1,13)=4.89
					𝑃=.098	𝑃=.000	𝑃=.045
Quality^(a)	5.4±1.2	4.9±1.2	4.7±1.9	2.7±1.6	𝐹(1,13)=4.24	𝐹(1,13)=12.64	𝐹(1,13)=4.55
					𝑃=.060	𝑃=.004	𝑃=.063

^(a)GLM for repeated measures.