Table 3.
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