Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of chronic paternal alcohol consumption on fetal growth and development in C3H mice. Male mice were pair-fed isocaloric liquid diets containing either 30%, 20%, or 0% ethanol-derived calories, or given free access to lab chow. After four weeks of treatment, all males were allowed to mate with untreated females. No differences were found between the litters of alcohol-treated males and controls in terms of the number of implantation sites, prenatal mortality, fetal weight, sex ratio, or frequency of soft tissue malformations. The results suggest that paternal alcohol consumption does not grossly alter fetal growth and development in C3H mice.
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