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. 2016 Jul 20;90(10):2531–2562. doi: 10.1007/s00204-016-1798-4

Table 3.

Clinical observations in male and female Wistar Han RCC rats during the 1-year feeding trial

Group Animal no. Week no. Clinical observations
Male rats
 33 % GMO 2 10 Diarrhoea
7 25 Bite wounds on the left scapula and left ventral side
15a 31 Paraplegia of the hind limbs
 Control 50 6 Diarrhoea
 Conventional 2 63 9 Diffuse epistaxis, chromodacryorrhea
79 40 Exophthalmos (both eyes), diarrhea
Female rats
 33 % GMO 102 43 Chromodacryorrhea
106 25 Hair loss between the scapulae
107 23–53 Bite wound, pruritus and scabs between the scapulae
109 26 Tail wound
 11 % GMO 126 30 Bite wound between the scapulae
129 42–53 Hair loss on the left side of the face
131a 33–34 Weight loss, apathy, piloerection, hypersalivation, haematemesis, chromodacryorrhea, enlarged abdominal cavity, abdominalgia, dyspnoea
135 26 Tail wound
 Control 144 42–53 Maxilla deformation, exophthalmos, chromodacryorrhea, dyspnoea
147 9 Bite wound on the back
159a 31–47 Mammary gland abscess

aRats 15, 131 and 159 were killed on days 227, 244 and 327, respectively