Chicken Embryos as a Potential New Model for Early Onset Type I Diabetes

Table 1

The numbers and rates of death and cataract after various STZ or high-glucose injections. Various doses of STZ or high-glucose were injected into the chick embryos at E11, and the data were taken at E18.

Group	Total; (number)	Survival; (number)	Death; (number)	Cataract; (number)	Death rate %; (death/total)	Cataract rate % (Cataract/Survival)
Control	61	56	5	3	8%	5.4%
STZ 300 mg/kg-egg	46	37	9	32	19.6%	86.4%
STZ 275 mg/kg-egg	21	16	5	9	23.4%	56.2%
STZ 250 mg/kg-egg	22	15	7	5	31.8%	30%
Glucose 3000 mg/kg-egg	23	6	17	3	74%	50%
Glucose 2500 mg/kg-egg	9	7	2	3	22.2%	41.8%