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Table 26. Organ weights adjusted to term<strong>in</strong>al body weight for rats fed diets conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g dimethomorph for 24 months<br />

Organ Dietary concentration (ppm)<br />

Males Females<br />

0 200 750 2000 0 200 750 2000<br />

Liver 18.73 ± 0.97 17.24 ± 0.8 17.62 ± 0.77 19.93 ± 0.75 12.00 ± 0.78 12.94 ± 0.74 12.82 ± 0.63 15.08 ± 0.78<br />

Pituitary 0.038 ± 0.02 0.061 ± 0.017 0.051 ± 0.016 0.022 ± 0.015 0.091 ± 0.024 0.061 ± 0.022 0.063 ± 0.019 0.043 ± 0.023<br />

Kidney 4.44 ± 0.19 4.46 ± 0.16 4.45 ± 0.15 4.03 ± 0.15 2.68 ± 0.1 2.65 ± 0.09 2.82 ± 0.08 3.15 ± 0.10**<br />

From Everett (1990)<br />

** p < 0.01.<br />

Table 27. Non-neoplastic and neoplastic histological changes <strong>in</strong> rats fed diets conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g dimethomorph for 24 months<br />

Histological change Dietary concentration (ppm)<br />

Males (n = 20) Females (n = 20)<br />

0 200 750 2000 0 200 750 2000<br />

Liver, ground glass foci 7 7 10 14 1 4 6 6<br />

Liver, periac<strong>in</strong>ar pigmentation 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16<br />

Liver, periac<strong>in</strong>ar hypertrophy 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8<br />

Pancreas, arteritis 1 0 4 5 0 0 1 3<br />

Testes, <strong>in</strong>terstitial cell hyperplasia 2 5 6 7 — — — —<br />

Testes, <strong>in</strong>terstitial adenoma 2 5 4 6 — — — —<br />

Mesenterium, arteritis 1 0 2 8 0 0 1 3<br />

Sternum, high-grade cellularity <strong>in</strong> marrow 5 0 2 7 5 2 3 13<br />

From Everett (1990)

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