...R. Padmanabhan; Shamer Singh The post-natal development in CF rats from 5 litters was followed anthropometrically from the day of delivery to day 75. Weight, CR length, tail length and patello-calcaneal length of individual rats were measured every day and the rate of gain per day was calculated...

... day 50 although the difference persisted numerically until PC day 90. Crown-rump length, tail length and patellocalcaneal length were significantly ( < 0.001) reduced in larger litters. Growth rate curves substantiated these observations. Since the differences in size among the three groups...