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Results for Dioxin (TCDD)

Decreased relative thymus weight at 0.3 μg/kg

Subjects: Wistar rats

Chemical: Dioxin (TCDD)

Low doses tested: 0.3 or 3.0 μg/kg bw

Route of administration: injected subcutaneously

Exposure duration: gestational day 19 – single dose (comparable to human prenatal development from approximately day 1 of week 10 to day 1 of week 11)

Age of measurement: 77 days of age

Reference
Korte M, Stahlmann R, Thiel R, Nagao T, Chahoud I, Vanloveren H, Vos JG, Neubert D. 1991. Resistance to trichinella-spiralis infection, induction of hepatic monooxygenases, and concentrations in thymus and liver in rats after perinatal exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. Chemosphere 23(11-12):1845-1854.