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Registration Dossier
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EC number: 231-554-3 | CAS number: 7631-99-4
Toxicity to birds
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- short-term toxicity to birds: acute oral toxicity test
- Adequacy of study:
- supporting study
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- documentation insufficient for assessment
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Effects of nitrate in drinking water of Japanese quail
- Author:
- Adams, A.W.
- Year:
- 1 974
- Bibliographic source:
- Poultry Science. 53(2):832-834.
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- no guideline followed
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No data
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Sodium nitrate
- EC Number:
- 231-554-3
- EC Name:
- Sodium nitrate
- Cas Number:
- 7631-99-4
- Molecular formula:
- HNO3.Na
- IUPAC Name:
- sodium nitrate
- Test material form:
- solid: crystalline
- Details on test material:
- - Physical appearance: not indicated
- Purity: not indicated
- Batch No.: not indicated
- Supplier: not indicated
Constituent 1
- Dose method:
- drinking water
- Analytical monitoring:
- not specified
- Vehicle:
- not specified
Test organisms
- Test organisms (species):
- Coturnix coturnix japonica
Study design
- Remarks:
- 7-days to 15-weeks
- No. of animals per sex per dose and/or stage:
- No data
- Control animals:
- no
Results and discussion
Effect levelsopen allclose all
- Duration (if not single dose):
- 7 d
- Dose descriptor:
- other: LC100
- Effect level:
- 5 280 other: ppm (by day 3 post treatment)
- Basis for effect:
- mortality
- Remarks on result:
- other: Exposure: 7-days to 15-weeks
- Duration (if not single dose):
- 7 d
- Dose descriptor:
- other: LC100
- Effect level:
- 5 940 other: ppm (by day 4 post treatment)
- Remarks on result:
- other: Exposure: 7-days to 15-weeks
Any other information on results incl. tables
LC100= 5,280 ppm (by day 3 post treatment)
LC100= 5,940 ppm (by day 4 post treatment)
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Conclusions:
- Levels of nitrate had a significant, but inconsistent effect on weight gain. Neither food nor water consumption during growing or laying phases nor hen-day egg production were significantly affected by levels of nitrate used.
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