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17 SPECIFIC TARGET ORGAN TOXICITY 6.9 (SINGLE DOSE – ORAL)HSNO Classification: Specific target organ toxicity (Single dose – oral) –6.9AKEY STUDY:• Type <strong>of</strong> study:• Species:• Strain:• Sex/Numbers:Acute Neurotoxicity Study;Rat;SD Crl:CD®BR;12/sex/group;• Test Material: Dichlorvos (Lot No. 802097; 97.87%);• Dose levels:• Endpoint:0, 0.5, 35 or 70 mg/kg b.w. in deionised water (dosevolume was 10 mL/kg b.w.) by gavage;Mortality and clinical signs: pupillary reflex, generalappearance and condition, open field observations(arousal, surface righting reflex and gait, <strong>for</strong>elimb andhindlimb grasp reflexes); bodyweights; FunctionalObservation Battery (FOB); locomotor activity; necropsy;• Remarks: Mortalities, clinical signs and bodyweight effects: At 70mg/kg b.w., 2 males and 5 females died within 4 h <strong>of</strong>dosing. There were no o<strong>the</strong>r deaths. Necropsy revealedthat one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> deceased males probably perished due to anintubation error.FOB: The pretreatment FOB was unremarkable. Treatment-related effectson FOB findings were restricted to day 0, while <strong>the</strong>re were no effects at day7 and 14. The majority <strong>of</strong> abnormal FOB findings at and above 35 mg/kgb.w. were different (higher or lower) than historical control values <strong>for</strong> age,sex and time-matched rats from <strong>the</strong> per<strong>for</strong>ming laboratory.Home cage observationsAt 70 mg/kg b.w., <strong>the</strong>re was a significant decrease (p

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