Table 4 Results of regression analyses for imidacloprid concentrations in organ samples and physical results: birth weight, fawn body weight, fawn age, FT3 and FT4, organ weights, fawn jawbone length.

From: Effects of Neonicotinoid Insecticides on Physiology and Reproductive Characteristics of Captive Female and Fawn White-tailed Deer

Physical Responses

Brain

Liver

Spleen

Genital

Imidacloprid Concentration

Birth Weight

F1,60 = 0.04, P = 0.83

F1,60 = 0.25, P = 0.61

F1,58 = 1.25, P = 0.26

F1,59 = 0.08, P = 0.77*

Fawn Body Weight at Death

F1,57 = 0.98, P = 0.32

F1,56 = 0.35, P = 0.55

F1,55 = 8.22, P = 0.0058*

F1,56 = 4.26, P = 0.04

Fawn Age (in Days)

F1,59 = 1.78, P = 0.18

F1,60 = 0.0008, P = 0.97

F1,57 = 10.5, P = 0.0019*

F1,58 = 1.71, P = 0.19

AF FT3

F1,19 = 2.96, P = 0.10

F1,19 = 0.04, P = 0.85

F1,19 = 1.89, P = 0.18

F1,19 = 0.04, P = 0.83

AF FT4

F1,19 = 4.1, P = 0.06

F1,19 = 0.09, P = 0.76

F1,19 = 1.30, P = 0.27

F1,19 = 0.57, P = 0.46

Fawn FT3

F1,39 = 0.41, P = 0.52

F1,39 = 2.9, P = 0.09

F1,38 = 0.74, P = 0.39

F1,39 = 0.20, P = 0.65

Fawn FT4

F1,40 = 0.01, P = 0.90

F1,40 = 0.0002, P = 0.98

F1,39 = 7.48, P = 0.009*

F1,40 = 0.017, P = 0.89

AF Organ Weights

F1,19 = 0.04, P = 0.84

F1,19 = 1.15, P = 0.3

F1,19 = 0.29, P = 0.6

F1,19 = 5.0, P = 0.04*

Fawn Organ Weights

F1,59 = 2.42, P = 0.12

F1,60 = 0.10, P = 0.75

F1,57 = 8.78, P = 0.004*

F1,58 = 5.55, P = 0.02*

Fawn Jawbone Length

F1,59 = 1.5, P = 0.22

F1,60 = 0.11, P = 0.73

F1,57 = 9.98, P = 0.002*

F1,58 = 2.38, P = 0.12

  1. P-values were considered significant when < 0.05.
  2. *Indicates P-values that are significant and indicates a negative correlation so as imidacloprid increases the physical response decreases.
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