Table 1

Effects of prenatal ethanol consumption on rat dams and their fetuses

Diet Group	Food Consumed^1-a	Ethanol Consumed^1-b	Serum Ethanol^1-c	Litter Size^1-d
Ad libitumcontrol	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	12.8 ± 0.69
Pair-fed control	85.9	N.A.	N.A.	12.5 ± 0.84
5% Ethanol	87.1	13.1	100 ± 3	12.5 ± 0.78

On day 1 of gestation, rat dams were separated into three dietary groups. The diets were administered between 5:30 p.m. and 9:30 a.m. throughout gestation. On day 20 of gestation, the 5% ethanol andad libitum groups consisted of eight rats, whereas the pair-fed group contained seven animals. Rat dams were anesthetized and decapitated; fetuses were removed, and litter size was determined.

All values are mean ± S.E.M.
↵1-a ml of liquid diet consumed/day (1 ml of liquid diet = 1 kcal).
↵1-b g ethanol consumed/day/kg bwt.
↵1-c mg of ethanol/dl serum, 7 hr after introduction of the feeding tubes.
↵1-d Number of live births/litter.
N.A., not analyzed.