Body Weight Information for SJL/J (000686)

JAX® Mice Strain - SJL/J

Stock Number 000686

000686

At each age, 40 mice of each sex were randomly selected from the colony, weighed, returned to the colony and excluded from further measurements. The mice were fed a diet containing 6% fat (LabDiet® 5K52/5K67) from weaning at 3 weeks of age until 8 weeks of age.

Age (weeks) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Male Mean 8.08 13.47 18.80 20.45 22.10 23.32 23.65
  St Dev 0.98 1.73 1.67 1.25 1.23 1.21 1.25
Female Mean 8.04 12.39 15.87 16.61 17.45 17.95 18.35
  St Dev 0.90 1.12 1.08 0.97 1.18 1.17 1.46
Age (weeks) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Male Mean 24.50 24.58 25.45 25.97 26.34 26.66 27.17
  St Dev 1.32 1.38 1.37 1.47 1.46 1.56 1.47
Female Mean 18.80 19.05 19.52 20.14 20.37 20.87 21.40
  St Dev 1.50 1.39 1.65 1.43 1.51 1.61 1.56