Comparison of cereal-based diet with purified diet by short-term feeding studies in rats, mice and hamsters, with emphasis on toxicity characteristics

Animal diets used in toxicity studies are prepared either from natural ingredients (cereal-based diet) or from more refined products (purified diet). The type of diet may influence both the outcome of the study and the values obtained with the various parameters in test and control animals. To detect the parameters sensitive to changes in diet...

Subchronic inhalation toxicity of amorphous silicas and quartz dust in rats

The inhalation toxicity of three amorphous silicas (Aerosol 200, Aerosil R 974 and Sipernat 22S) was compared with that of quartz dust. Rast were exposed to 1, 6 or 30 mg Aerosil 200/m3, 30 mg Aerosil R 974/m3, 30 mg Sipernat 22S/m3 or 60 mg quartz/m3 for 6 hr/day, 5 day/wk for 13 wk. Some rats were killed at the end of the exposure period and...

Nutritional implications and metabolizable energy value of D-xylose and L-arabinose in chicks.

An experiment was conducted to examine the effects of graded levels (2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0, and 15.0%) of dietary D-xylose or L-arabinose on chick performance. As reference, D-glucose was included in the experiment. A second experiment was performed to determine the AMEn of D-xylose and L-arabinose. Results of Experiment 1 showed a significant...

4-Week oral toxicity study of a combination of eight chemicals in rats: comparison with the toxicity of the individual compounds

In a 4-wk oral toxicity study, 4-wk-old male and female Wistar rats were exposed to a combination of arbitrarily chosen chemicals comprising sodium metabisulphite, Mirex, Loperamide, metaldehyde, di-n-octyltin dichloride, stannous chloride, lysinoalanine and potassium nitrite. The dose levels used were based on the 'no-observed-adverse-effect...

Effect of variable protein contents in diets containing Phaseolus vulgaris beans on performance, organ weights and blood variables in piglets, rats and chickens

A comparison was made of the effects of antinutritional factors present in Phaseolus vulgaris on piglets, rats and chickens. Also the hypothesis of whether the negative effect on weight gain due to the inclusion of raw Phaseolus vulgaris in the diet can be attributed to an insufficient supply of amino acids was tested. Test diets containing 200...

Comparison of growth, nitrogen metabolism and organ weights in piglets and rats fed on diets containing Phaseolus vulgaris beans

The effects of lectins in the diet have been mainly studied in rats. An important question is whether results obtained in rats can be extrapolated to larger animals like the pig. Phaseolus vulgaris beans are rich in toxic lectins. Therefore a study was carried out to compare the effects of diets containing 200 g Phaseolus vulgaris beans (raw or...

Subchronic (13-week) oral toxicity of neohesperidin dihydeochalcone in rats

Neohesperidin dehydrochalcone was administered to groups of 20 male and 20 female Wistar rats at dietary levels of 0, 0.2, 1.0 and 5.0% for 91 days. No treatment-related ophthalmoscopical, haematological or histopathological effects were observed. In the high-dose group, a marked caecal enlargement occurred in both sexes, accompanied by soft...

Azaserine-induced pancreatic carcinogenesis in rats: Promotion by a diet rich in saturated fat and inhibition by a standard laboratory chow

Dietary fat has been shown to enhance pancreatic carcinogenesis. Uncertainty still exists whether the amount of linoleic acid or the amount of fat is the main determining factor. In the present study the effects of a high lard, a low lard, a linoleic acid supplemented low lard and a laboratory chow diet were investiated on the development of ...

Pharmacokinetics of hexobarbital in young and old rats

Hexobarbital is a drug widely used to study the capacity of the liver to metabolize drugs. The pharmacokinetics of hexobarbital in 3- and 30-month-old male BN/BiRij rats were studied. The half-life of hexobarbital in 30-month-old rats (34.9 ± 4.1 min) was significantly higher than that of 3-month-old ones (21.3 ± 3.8 min). The volume of...

Effects of feeding stannous chloride on different parts of the gastrointestinal tract of the rat

The effects of feeding inorganic tin on the gastrointestinal tract were examined in rats. Three groups of male weanling Wistar rats were fed a diet to which 0, 250, or 500 ppm Sn2+ had been added as SnCl2. A fourth group was subjected to feed restriction by pair feeding with the 500-ppm group. Comparison of the data from the tin-fed groups with...

Evaluation of histological changes in the kidneys of the alloxan diabetic rat by means of factor analysis

Renal histopathology data, obtained in a 3-month feeding study of the effects of different carbohydrates and polyols in the alloxan diabetic rat, have been subjected to factor analysis. The results indicate a primary and a secondary effect of the diabetic state on the kidney of the rat. The primary effect, the 'diabetic factor', was associated...

Repeated exposure to alpha-ethylacrolein vapour: Subacute toxicity study in rats

The subacute inhalation toxicity of ??-ethylacrolein was examined in rats by repeated exposure of 4 groups of 10 males and 10 females each to ??-ethylacrolein vapour at concentrations of 0, 2.0, 9.8 or 48.4 ppm, respectively, (6 h/day, 5 days/week) for a period of 13 weeks. The effects at 48.4 ppm were found to include growth retardation, focal...

One-year time sequence inhalation toxicity study of vinyl chloride in rats. I. Growth, mortality, haematology, clinical chemistry and organ weights

Wistar rats were exposed to atmospheres containing 0 (control) or 5000 ppm vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), 7 h/day, 5 days/week, for a period of 52 weeks. After 4, 13, 26 and 52 weeks each time 10 rats/sex/group were killed and subjected to extensive examinations. The present paper deals with growth, mortality, haematology, clinical chemistry and...

Repeated exposure to acrolein vapour: Subacute studies in hamsters, rats and rabbits

The subacute inhalation toxicity of acrolein was examined in 4 groups of 20 hamsters, 12 rats and 4 rabbits each, exposed repeatedly to acrolein vapour at concentrations of 0, 0.4, 1.4 and 4.9 ppm (6 hr/day, 5 days/week) for a 13-week period. The most important effects found at the highest level included mortality in rats, ocular and nasal...

Nutritional effects of alkali treated soyprotein in rats

Alkali treated spun soy isolate was fed to rats at dietary levels of 5, 10, and 20% for a period of 90 days. The results failed to reveal any adverse effects on general appearance, growth, feeding efficiency, hematological indices, blood serum values, urine composition, kidney function, organ weights, and gross and microscopic pathology except...

The aetiology of caecal enlargement in the rat

The effect of hydroxypropyl starches (degree of substitution (DS) 0.025-0.106), lactose, raw potato starch, polyethylene glycol 1000 or magnesium sulphate on caecal size and some constituents of the caecal contents was studied in male rats of ages varying from 4 wk to 3 mth in experiments lasting from 10 days to 3 mth. All the test compounds...

Safety evaluation of yeast grown on hydrocarbons. II: One-year feeding study in rats with yeast grown on pure n-paraffins

Yeast grown on hydrocarbons according to the n-paraffin process of The British Petroleum Company Ltd. was fed to groups of male and female rats at dietary levels of 10, 20 and 30% for 1 yr. Two control diets were used, one being similar to the yeast diet but with soya-bean meal substituted for yeast and the other being the institute's stock diet...

Safety evaluation of yeast grown on hydrocarbons. I: One-year feeding study in rats with yeast grown on gas oil

Yeast grown on hydrocarbons according to the gas-oil process was fed to rats at dietary levels of 10, 20 or 30% for 1 yr. Two control diets were used, one being similar to the yeast diets but containing soyabean-oil meal instead of yeast and the other being the institute's stock diet. The yeast diets had no effect on mortality, general condition...