ABSTRACT
NTP BOARD OF SCIENTIFIC COUNSELORS DEC 81 UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THIS BIOASSAY, ZEARALENONE ADMINISTERED IN THE FEED WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED INCIDENCE OFHEPATOCELLULARADENOMAS IN FEMALE B6C3Fl MICE AND AN INCREASED INCIDENCE OF PITUITARY ADENOMAS IN MALE AND FEMALE B6C3F1 MICE. ZEARALENONE WAS NOT CARCINOGENIC FOR F344 RATS OF EITHER SEX. THERE IS INDIRECT EVIDENCE THAT ZEARALENONE IS A CARCINOGEN FOR MALE AND FEMALE B6C3Fl MICE.
