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11 CONTACT SENSITISATION 6.5BHSNO Classification: Contact sensitisation – 6.5BKEY STUDY:• Type <strong>of</strong> study:• Species:• Strain:• Sex/Number:• Test Material:• Dose levels:• Endpoint:• Remarks:Maximisation Test;Guinea pig;Dunkin-Hartley;9 females/group;Dichlorvos (source, purity unstated);Induction: 25% dichlorvos;Challenge: 0.005, 0.05 or 0.5% dichlorvos;Skin reactions (ery<strong>the</strong>ma and oedema);Nine Dunkin-Hartley female guinea pigs (300-400 g b.w.)were induced topically with 25% dichlorvos <strong>under</strong>occluded conditions. Animals were <strong>the</strong>n challenged with0.005, 0.05 or 0.5% dichlorvos and any skin reactionsscored at 24 and 48 hours according to <strong>the</strong> procedure <strong>of</strong>Kligman (1966).At 24 hours post-challenge, 0, 56 and 100% <strong>of</strong> guinea pigstested positive at 0.005, 0.05 or 0.5% dichlorvos,respectively, decreasing to 0, 22 and 67%, respectively, at48 hours. There was a dose-related increase in <strong>the</strong> grade <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> reaction.Dichlorvos is concluded to be a skin sensitiser in guineapigs;• GLP:• Test Guideline:No in<strong>for</strong>mation;No in<strong>for</strong>mation;• Reference source: Ueda A, Aoyama K, Manda F, Ueda T & Kawahara Y(1994) ―Delayed-type allergenicity <strong>of</strong> tri<strong>for</strong>ine (Saprol®).‖Contact Dermititis 31:140-145. (Original not sighted.)(APVMA, 2008a);• Reliability:Klimisch score 2 = reliable with restrictions;Dichlorvos reassessment – application Page 184 <strong>of</strong> 436

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