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Dnditii/uol B l 0 - T E S *1 J.akyicJ&iici-, f)ac. PROTOCOL FOR MONSANTO COMPANY THREE-GENERATION REPRODUCTION STUDY . OF AROCLOR IN ALBINO RATS I. General A three-generation reproduction study will be conducted with Sprague-Dawley derived albino rats. A total of 96 weanlings (32 males and 64 females) will be equally subdivided into three test groups and one control group. The three test groups will correspond to the feeding of three graded dietary levels of the test material. II. First Generation A. Parental Animals 1. Diets and Feeding ' All diets will be prepared in the central diet room of the laboratories. The basic ration with which all diets are prepared is a standard, pulverized rat stock diet*. The diets for any given test group will be prepared by adding a calculated weight of the test material to a pre-weighed portion of the stock diet. The amount of food allotted per week to each rat is to be sufficient for ad libitum feeding. However, checks will be made daily to ensure that the food jars ire not empty. DSW 034674 * Purina Rat Chow, Ralston Purina Company, St. Louis, Missouri. STLCOPCB4018501 dndnihud BtO-TEST JiakoJiat&iicS; 9tie. 1 2. Body Weights and Weight Gains The body weight of each rat in every group will be deter mined and recorded initially, and weekly thereafter until the animals are 100 days old. . .. Mortality, Reactions and General Observations Mortality and abnormal behavioral reactions will be recorded daily. The animals also will be observed for fertility, length of gestation and lactation performance. 4. Mating Procedure When the animals reach 100 days of age, each male will be randomly mated with two females from the same group. After suc cessful copulation, determined by the presence of a copulation plug or blood in the vagina, the male will be removed from the females and returned to his original cage. Any male failing to copulate within two estrus cycles of the female will be replaced by another male of the same group. However, no more than two males will be used per female during a given breeding cycle. Records will be kept of the number of successful copulations observed, the number of estrus cycles required to obtain a mating, and the number of resulting pregnancies. These data will be utilized to calculate mating and fertility indices. The Fla litters obtained will be weaned at 21 days post partum. The females will then be given a 10-day rest period and again mated, the above procedure being repeated to obtain Fib weanlings. DSW 034675 STLCOPCB4018502 Undudtial B 1 0 * T E $ T ^{Mattvuzi, Sue. 3 5. Pathologic Studies . After the second litter has been weaned (following approx imately 33 weeks on test), 8 male and 8 female animals from each group will be sacrificed and gross pathologic observations will be madfe, Organ woights will be taken on the liver, kidneys, spleen, gonads, heart, brain and any organs which appear abnormal. A complete set of tissues will be removed and fixed in a ten per cent formalin solution. In addition, microscopic examinations will be conducted upon five males and five females from both the control and the high test groups. If abnormalities are noted, the affected organs of the lower test group animals will also be examined. DSW 034676 STLCOPCB4018503 ^ndmiticl B I O T n S T Jlaio-laLyuei, !)nc. 4 The following tissues and organs will be examined: Tissues and Organs Examined Grossly Tissues and Organs Examined Microscopically Heart Trachea Lungs Liver Pancreas Esophagus Stomach Intestinal tract Spleen Lymph nodes Kidneys Urinary bladder Testes Ovaries Prostate Seminal vesicles Uterus Pituitary gland Adrenal glands Salivary glands Thyroid glands Skeletal muscle Bone Peripheral nerve Eyes Brain Thymus Optic nerves Aorta Spinal cord Heart (right and left ventricles) Trachea . Lung s Liver Pancreas Esophagus Stomach (cardiac, fundic and pyloric regions) Small intestine (duodenum, ' jejunum and ileum) Caecum Colon Spleen Lymph node (cervical and mesenteric) Kidney Urinary bladder Testis Ovary Prostate Seminal vesicles Uterus Pituitary gland Adrenal gland Salivary gland (submaxillary) Thyroid gland Parathyroid gland Bone marrow (sternum and femur) Peripheral nerve (sciatic) Brain (cerebrum, cerebellum and pons) Spinal cord (three levels) Post-mortem animals will be examined in the same manner but organ weights will not be recorded. Throughout gross and microscopic examination, particular attention will be paid to the reproductive organs. DSW 034677 STLCOPCB4018504 Undtoiliial B 1 O - T E S T laMo-'i-aiiyiiei, !)nc. 5 B. Progeny . 1. Body Weight Data Pups will be weighed at weaning, 2. Mortality, Reactions and General Observations ( All pups will be examined for physical abnormalities at birth and the number of viable and stillborn members of each litter recorded. Records of survival at periodic intervals during the lacta tion period will be maintained and a final examination for physical abnormalities will be made at the weaning of each litter, 3. Survival Data Survival indices will be calculated for various points during the lactation period. On the fifth day of lactation, litters of greater than 10 pups will be reduced to that number, 4. Pathologic Studies A gross internal pathologic examination will be made upon any pup appearing abnormal. No such examinations will be made upon progeny which appear normal. III. Second and Third Generations . The procedures followed for the second and third generations will be identical to those described for the first generation except that the parental animals for the F2 generation in each group will be selected from Fib weanlings of that group. Parents for the F3 generation will be selected from F2b litters. GSW 034678 STLCOPCB4018505 DnduUtial B 1 O - T E $ T u.^-'Myiat&'UeZ, Dnc. 6 In addition, ten male and ten female pups from the F3b litters of each test group and the control group will be sacrificed at weaning (21 days post-partum) and subjected to complete gross and microscopic examination. 1 IV. Reports A complete formal report will be submitted upon completion of each generation. ,, MLK:PSH 9-5-68 DSW 034679 STLCOPCB4018506