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Table 1 Animal Characteristics

From: Effects of tegaserod on bile composition and hepatic secretion in Richardson ground squirrels on an enriched cholesterol diet

Normal Diet

  

1% Cholesterol Diet

 

Vehicle

Tegaserod

Vehicle

Tegaserod

Initial Body Weight (g)

558 ± 15

541 ± 12

508 ± 24

523 ± 27

Final Body Weight (g)

537 ± 13

535 ± 26

517 ± 24

503 ± 23

Liver Weight (g)

12.8 ± 1.1

12.5 ± 0.9

12.1 ± 0.8

11.8 ± 0.4

Gallbladder Weight (mg)

23.6 ± 1.4

24.8 ± 2.2

22.6 ± 1.5

23.6 ± 1.2