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Effects of graded doses of the pesticide heptachlor on body weight, mating success, oestrous cycle, gestation length and litter size in laboratory rats
(Reproductive Biology Unit, University of Nairobi,Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi,Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi,, 1995)Adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were injected with 5 or 20 mg/kg body weight heptachlor solution every other day for up to 18 days. They were weighed every day and the stage of oestrus determined by vaginal smears. One ...