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Table 7. Histopathology f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong> the liver <strong>in</strong> a long-term comb<strong>in</strong>ed study of toxicity/c arc<strong>in</strong>ogenicity study <strong>in</strong> rats fed diets conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

d ifenoconazole<br />

F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g Deaths/ kill Dietary concentration (ppm)<br />

Males Females<br />

0 10 20 500 2500 0 10 20 500 2500<br />

N E N E N E N E N E N E N E N E N E N E<br />

Hepatocellular hypertrophy Unscheduled 0 30 0 39 0 30 1 27 0 26 0 38 0 35 0 44 3 29 4 32<br />

Interim kill, week 53 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10<br />

Recovery group, week 57 0 10 — — — — — — 0 10 0 10 — — — — — — 0 10<br />

Term<strong>in</strong>al kill, week 79–80 7 40 5 31 8 40 28 43 39 44 4 32 0 35 0 26 14 41 32 38<br />

Severity of f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g at term<strong>in</strong>al kill: M<strong>in</strong>imal 7 4 5 24 7 4 — — 10 18<br />

Slight 0 1 3 3 27 0 — — 4 8<br />

Moderate 0 0 0 1 5 0 — — 0 6<br />

From Cox et al. (1989b)<br />

N, No. of rats with f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g; E, No. of rats exam<strong>in</strong>ed.<br />

U = unscheduled deaths I = <strong>in</strong>terim kill week 53 R = recovery kill week 57 T = term<strong>in</strong>al week 79–80<br />

a<br />

Only f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs seen <strong>in</strong> more than one rat <strong>in</strong> any group.<br />

DIFENOCONAZOLE 201–272 JMPR <strong>2007</strong>

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