Table 4.
Percent positivity of different pesticide residues in mCMT and tumor-free animals.
| Pesticides | Serum |
Mammary Adipose tissue |
Mammary Tissue |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % detection in tumor free dogs | % detection in CMT cases | Sig. (p) | % detection in tumor free dogs | % detection in CMT cases | p value | % detection in tumor free dogs | % detection in CMT cases | Sig. (p) | |
| p,p-DDT | 0 | 3 | 0.666 | 16.7 | 45.2 | 0.193 | 16.7 | 42.9 | 0.224 |
| o,p-DDT | 0 | 3 | 0.666 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Aldrin | 33.3 | 12.1 | 0.185 | 0 | 35.5 | 0.082 | 0 | 45.7 | 0.034∗ |
| Dieldrin | 0 | 3 | 0.666 | 0 | 16.1 | 0.290 | 0 | 17.1 | 0.272 |
| Heptachlor | 16.7 | 45.5 | 0.187 | 0 | 19.4 | 0.239 | 0 | 22.9 | 0.192 |
| Butachlor | 0 | 15.2 | 0.307 | 16.7 | 3.2 | 0.183 | 0 | 11.4 | 0.383 |
| L-cyhalothrin | 0 | 36.4 | 0.076 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 11.4 | 0.383 |
| α-HCH | 16.7 | 24.2 | 0.685 | 0 | 9.7 | 0.427 | 0 | 17.1 | 0.272 |
| γ-HCH | 50 | 48.5 | 0.946 | 0 | 48.4 | 0.027∗ | 33.3 | 65.7 | 0.133 |
| Permethrin | 16.7 | 6.1 | 0.370 | 0 | 3.2 | 0.656 | 0 | 8.6 | 0.456 |
| p,p-DDD | 0 | 9.1 | 0.442 | 0 | 3.2 | 0.656 | 0 | 5.7 | 0.548 |
| p,p-DDE | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 3.2 | 0.656 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Fipronil | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 9.7 | 0.427 | 0 | 8.6 | 0.456 |
| Fenitrothion | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 41.9 | 0.049∗ | 0 | 20 | 0.229 |
∗
Significant difference at 5% level of significance; CMT = canine mammary tumor.