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TDMS Study 05156-05 Pathology Tables

NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52
                                                           CORE STUDY
       Facility:  Battelle Northwest
       Chemical CAS #:  10026-24-1
       Lock Date:  07/15/94
       Cage Range:  All
       Reasons For Removal:    All
       Removal Date Range:     All
       Treatment Groups:       Include All
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
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                                           | 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 0| 7| 3| 0| 3| 3| 7| 3| 3| 6| 3| 3| 3| 1| 3| 8| 3| 0| 3| 3| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3|             
                                           | 5| 9| 5| 9| 6| 6| 2| 5| 7| 6| 7| 6| 6| 0| 5| 2| 7| 2| 6| 7| 7| 1| 3| 7| 5|             
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                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1|             
    CONTROL                                | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
                                           | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
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 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
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   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  A  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  A  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  A  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Liver                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Angiectasis                          |                                        1           1        1            |             
      Basophilic Focus                     | X     X  X  X  X  X  X  X     X  X  X     X           X  X  X     X  X  X|             
      Clear Cell Focus                     |                                  X  X     X                             X|             
      Degeneration, Fatty                  | 2        2                                         4                     |             
      Eosinophilic Focus                   |                                        X                                 |             
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           | X                             X                                          |             
      Mixed Cell Focus                     |                X                 X  X        X  X     X     X            |             
      Thrombosis                           |                                                                          |             
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               |    2                 1     2                                1            |             
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              |    1                       1                                             |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Mesentery                               |       +     +  +                             +                           |             
      Fat, Necrosis                        |       3     2  2                             2                           |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Oral Mucosa                             |                +                                                         |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pancreas                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |    2  1  1  1  1     3  1  2     2        2     2        2     1        2|             
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   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |                      2           2                                       |             
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   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Necrosis                             |                                                             2            |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Stomach, Glandular                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|             
      Mineralization                       |                                                                          |             
      Necrosis                             |    2                                                                     |             
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 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
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   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cardiomyopathy                       | 1  1  2  1  1     1           1  1  2                 1        1  2  1  1|             
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 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
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   Adrenal Cortex                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |       2     2     1  1        1     2     1  2  2           1  2  2  1  1|             
      Hypertrophy                          |                                     2           1     2                  |             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |             
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            |       3  2  1                                   2     3                 2|             
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   Adrenal Medulla                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          | 1     2     1           3  2                                             |             
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   Islets, Pancreatic                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
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                                           | 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 0| 7| 3| 0| 3| 3| 7| 3| 3| 6| 3| 3| 3| 1| 3| 8| 3| 0| 3| 3| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3|             
                                           | 5| 9| 5| 9| 6| 6| 2| 5| 7| 6| 7| 6| 6| 0| 5| 2| 7| 2| 6| 7| 7| 1| 3| 7| 5|             
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                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1|             
    CONTROL                                | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
                                           | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
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 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM - cont                   |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
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   Parathyroid Gland                       | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pituitary Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           |    1                                      3              2               |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Thyroid Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|             
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  | 1        3        1  3  3  2     2  1  1  3  1  2  1  3  1  1        1  2|             
      Follicular Cell, Hyperplasia         |                                                                          |             
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 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |             
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   Peritoneum                              |                                                                          |             
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 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
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   Clitoral Gland                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                                          |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                 2                        |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Ovary                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cyst                                 |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Uterus                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
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 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |       4                                                                  |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node                              | +                          +                                             |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | +  M  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  M  M  M  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  M|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  M  +  M  M|             
      Hemorrhage                           |                                                                          |             
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   Spleen                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|             
      Accessory Spleen                     |                                                                          |             
      Hematopoietic Cell Proliferation     |                2  2                                                      |             
      Hemorrhage                           |                                                                          |             
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   Thymus                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  M  M  +  M|             
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 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
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   Mammary Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
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 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
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   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperostosis                         |                                                                3         |             
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 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
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   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hemorrhage                           |                                                                          |             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
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                                           | 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 0| 7| 3| 0| 3| 3| 7| 3| 3| 6| 3| 3| 3| 1| 3| 8| 3| 0| 3| 3| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3|             
                                           | 5| 9| 5| 9| 6| 6| 2| 5| 7| 6| 7| 6| 6| 0| 5| 2| 7| 2| 6| 7| 7| 1| 3| 7| 5|             
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                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1|             
    CONTROL                                | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
                                           | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
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 NERVOUS SYSTEM - cont                     |                                                                          |             
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 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |             
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   Larynx                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Epiglottis, Metaplasia, Squamous     |                                                                          |             
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   Lung                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     |       1                 2     1        1        4     1              1   |             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Metaplasia      |                                                             1            |             
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous|                                  1        1     1        1  1            |             
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               |                                           1     1        1  1            |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Suppurative            | 2                             1                             2            |             
      Thrombosis                           |    3                          2                                          |             
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            |                               1                                          |             
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   |                                                                          |             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        | 3           1  1        1                                                |             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     | 3           1                                                            |             
      Respiratory Epithelium, Hyperplasia, |                                                                          |             
           Focal                           |                                                             2            |             
      Respiratory Epithelium, Metaplasia,  |                                                                          |             
           Squamous                        |                               3                                          |             
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   Trachea                                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
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 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
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   Eye                                     |                                                                          |             
      Cataract                             |                                                                          |             
      Retina, Atrophy                      |                                                                          |             
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 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
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   Kidney                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Infarct                              |                            2                                             |             
      Nephropathy                          | 2  2  2  2  2  1  1  2  3  1     2  2  1  2  2  2  2  3  2  3  3  3  2  2|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Urinary Bladder                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
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                                           | 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 3| 7| 5|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 1| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 2| 8| 0| 3| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 6|            |
                                           | 2| 5| 9| 6| 6| 2| 6| 7| 5| 6| 8| 6| 4| 6| 5| 7| 2| 9| 3| 5| 6| 7| 5| 5| 9|      T (*) |
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                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1|      A     |
    CONTROL                                | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
                                           | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
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 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
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   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Liver                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Angiectasis                          |                      1                                         1        2|      6  1.2|
      Basophilic Focus                     | X  X     X  X  X  X  X  X     X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X     X  X  X     X  X|     39     |
      Clear Cell Focus                     |             X           X                                            X   |      7     |
      Degeneration, Fatty                  |       4        1                                      3  1        2      |      8  2.4|
      Eosinophilic Focus                   |                            X  X        X                                 |      4     |
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           |                            X     X                 X                 X   |      6     |
      Mixed Cell Focus                     |                      X                       X  X        X               |     11     |
      Thrombosis                           |       2                                                                  |      1  2.0|
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               | 1                                                                        |      5  1.4|
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              | 1                                            2        1                  |      5  1.2|
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   Mesentery                               |                                                          +               |   5        |
      Fat, Necrosis                        |                                                          3               |      5  2.4|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Oral Mucosa                             |                                                                          |   1        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pancreas                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Atrophy                              | 1     1     2     3  2           2     1                 4               |     22  1.8|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Atrophy                              |                                  2                                       |      3  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Necrosis                             |                                                       1           3      |      3  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Glandular                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Mineralization                       |                                           1                              |      1  1.0|
      Necrosis                             |       2                                               1           1      |      4  1.5|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Cardiomyopathy                       |       2  2        1  2     1  2     1  1  1  2     1     2     1     1  1|     29  1.3|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Cortex                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Hyperplasia                          |                      2  2           2     2           2  2     2         |     21  1.7|
      Hypertrophy                          |             1                          2                                 |      5  1.6|
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 3| 7| 5|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 1| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 2| 8| 0| 3| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 6|            |
                                           | 2| 5| 9| 6| 6| 2| 6| 7| 5| 6| 8| 6| 4| 6| 5| 7| 2| 9| 3| 5| 6| 7| 5| 5| 9|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1|      A     |
    CONTROL                                | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
                                           | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM - cont                   |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Necrosis                             |                2                                                         |      1  2.0|
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            |    2                          1  2  2  2                                 |     11  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Medulla                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Hyperplasia                          |          1                          2  1                                 |      8  1.6|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Islets, Pancreatic                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Parathyroid Gland                       | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pituitary Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           |                                                             2  2         |      5  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thyroid Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  | 1  1  1  1  1  1  2  1     1  1  1     2  1     2  2     2  1  1        2|     37  1.5|
      Follicular Cell, Hyperplasia         |    1        1                                                            |      2  1.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Peritoneum                              |                                              +                           |   1        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Clitoral Gland                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia                          |                                     3                    2               |      2  2.5|
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                            2                                             |      2  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Ovary                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Cyst                                 | 2           3              3  2              3                           |      5  2.6|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Uterus                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Atrophy                              |          2                                                               |      2  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node                              |                                                                          |   2        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | M  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  M  M  +  +  +  M  M  M  +  +  M  M  M|  30        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  M  +  +  +  +  M  +  +|  44        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  M  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +|  43        |
      Hemorrhage                           |          2                                                               |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Spleen                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Accessory Spleen                     |                         X                                                |      1     |
      Hematopoietic Cell Proliferation     |                3                                                         |      3  2.3|
      Hemorrhage                           | 2                                   2                                    |      2  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thymus                                  | +  M  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  M  +  +  +|  42        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
                                                             Page   6                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 3| 7| 5|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 1| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 2| 8| 0| 3| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 6|            |
                                           | 2| 5| 9| 6| 6| 2| 6| 7| 5| 6| 8| 6| 4| 6| 5| 7| 2| 9| 3| 5| 6| 7| 5| 5| 9|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1|      A     |
    CONTROL                                | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
                                           | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM - cont               |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Mammary Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperostosis                         |                                        2  2           2                  |      4  2.3|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hemorrhage                           |                                                 2                 3      |      2  2.5|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Larynx                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Epiglottis, Metaplasia, Squamous     |                                           1                              |      1  1.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lung                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     |          2           1  2        1     1           1        1        1   |     15  1.4|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Metaplasia      |                   1                                                      |      2  1.0|
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous| 1        1        1                                      1               |      9  1.0|
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               | 1                 1                                      1               |      7  1.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |                                                    2              1     1|      6  1.5|
      Thrombosis                           |       4                                               3                  |      4  3.0|
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            |                                                                          |      1  1.0|
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   |                                     1                                    |      1  1.0|
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        |                                     1                                    |      5  1.4|
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     |                                                                          |      2  2.0|
      Respiratory Epithelium, Hyperplasia, |                                                                          |            |
           Focal                           |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Respiratory Epithelium, Metaplasia,  |                                                                          |            |
           Squamous                        |          2                                                               |      2  2.5|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Trachea                                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Eye                                     |          +                                                               |   1        |
      Cataract                             |          4                                                               |      1  4.0|
      Retina, Atrophy                      |          4                                                               |      1  4.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Kidney                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
                                                             Page   7                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 3| 7| 5|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 1| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 2| 8| 0| 3| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 6|            |
                                           | 2| 5| 9| 6| 6| 2| 6| 7| 5| 6| 8| 6| 4| 6| 5| 7| 2| 9| 3| 5| 6| 7| 5| 5| 9|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1|      A     |
    CONTROL                                | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
                                           | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 URINARY SYSTEM - cont                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Infarct                              |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Nephropathy                          | 2  3  2  1  2  1  2  2  2  3  1  2  2  3  2     2  1  1  3  1  2     2  2|     47  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Urinary Bladder                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
                                                             Page   8                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 7| 7| 6| 6| 7| 6| 6| 7| 7| 4| 5| 6| 6| 0| 6| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 1| 5| 3| 7| 1| 0| 3| 8| 8| 1| 9| 8| 7| 3| 3| 2| 1| 3| 3| 1| 0| 3| 3|             
                                           | 1| 5| 0| 2| 7| 3| 0| 2| 6| 3| 5| 0| 4| 3| 0| 6| 7| 6| 4| 6| 7| 7| 9| 5| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3|             
    0.3                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  I|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Liver                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Angiectasis                          |    1                          3                                          |             
      Basophilic Focus                     | X  X  X  X  X     X           X     X     X  X     X     X  X  X        X|             
      Clear Cell Focus                     |                         X                                                |             
      Degeneration, Fatty                  |                2     1     2                                   2         |             
      Eosinophilic Focus                   |                                                                          |             
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           |          X  X     X  X        X                                          |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                                   2      |             
      Mixed Cell Focus                     |          X                    X                 X           X     X      |             
      Necrosis                             |    2                                                                     |             
      Regeneration                         |                                                                          |             
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               |                      1     2                                         1  2|             
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              |                      1           1                                       |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Mesentery                               |                +                                      +  +           +   |             
      Artery, Inflammation, Chronic Active |                                                                          |             
      Fat, Necrosis                        |                2                                      2  2           2   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Oral Mucosa                             |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pancreas                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |                1                                         1               |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |                      2                                      2            |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia, Basal Cell              |                                                                          |             
      Necrosis                             |                      3                                                   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Stomach, Glandular                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Mineralization                       |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Tooth                                   |          +                                                               |             
      Developmental Malformation           |                                                                          |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |          4                                                               |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cardiomyopathy                       | 1  1     1                                   1        1  1  1     3  1   |             
      Atrium, Thrombosis                   |                                                                   3      |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Adrenal Cortex                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 7| 7| 6| 6| 7| 6| 6| 7| 7| 4| 5| 6| 6| 0| 6| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 1| 5| 3| 7| 1| 0| 3| 8| 8| 1| 9| 8| 7| 3| 3| 2| 1| 3| 3| 1| 0| 3| 3|             
                                           | 1| 5| 0| 2| 7| 3| 0| 2| 6| 3| 5| 0| 4| 3| 0| 6| 7| 6| 4| 6| 7| 7| 9| 5| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3|             
    0.3                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM - cont                   |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
      Hyperplasia                          |          1  1     2  2     2  1              2           2           2  2|             
      Hypertrophy                          |                         1                                                |             
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            |                         2  2              3                 3            |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Adrenal Medulla                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                                2  3     2|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Islets, Pancreatic                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Parathyroid Gland                       | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pituitary Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           |       2                                                                  |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Thyroid Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  |    2  2  1  1  1  1  1  2  1  1     2     1  1  3  2     1  3     1  2  2|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
    None                                   |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Clitoral Gland                          | +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                                          |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                   3                                      2        3  2   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Ovary                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cyst                                 |                2                                                         |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Uterus                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cervix, Hypertrophy                  |                                           2                              |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node                              |                            +     +                                       |             
      Renal, Hemorrhage                    |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | M  M  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     M  +  +  M  M  +  +  M  M  M  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  M  M  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +     M  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hemorrhage                           |                                                                   3      |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Spleen                                  | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Accessory Spleen                     |                                                                          |             
      Fibrosis                             |                                                                         2|             
      Hematopoietic Cell Proliferation     |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Thymus                                  | +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Mammary Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Galactocele                          |                                                 2                        |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperkeratosis                       |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 7| 7| 6| 6| 7| 6| 6| 7| 7| 4| 5| 6| 6| 0| 6| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 1| 5| 3| 7| 1| 0| 3| 8| 8| 1| 9| 8| 7| 3| 3| 2| 1| 3| 3| 1| 0| 3| 3|             
                                           | 1| 5| 0| 2| 7| 3| 0| 2| 6| 3| 5| 0| 4| 3| 0| 6| 7| 6| 4| 6| 7| 7| 9| 5| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3|             
    0.3                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM - cont               |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                         2     3                          3               |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperostosis                         |          3                                                               |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Larynx                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Epiglottis, Metaplasia, Squamous     |    2  1  1     1        2                          1  1     1  1  1  1   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lung                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Congestion, Chronic                  |                                                                   3      |             
      Metaplasia, Squamous                 |                      2                                                   |             
      Pigmentation, Hemosiderin            |                                                                          |             
      Proteinosis                          | 1  1     2  1     1     1     2  1           1  1  1  1     1  1  1      |             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     |             4                                1  1        1               |             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Metaplasia      | 2  2  2  3  2  1  2     2  1  3  2  2     2  2  2  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  2|             
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous| 2  2  2  3  2  1  2     2  1  3  2  2     2  2  2  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  2|             
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               | 2  2  2  3  2  1  2     2  1  3  2  2     2  2  2  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  2|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |          3  2     1     1  2                                             |             
      Thrombosis                           |                            3                                             |             
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            |          3  1              1                                         1  1|             
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   |          3                                                               |             
      Nasolacrimal Duct, Metaplasia,       |                                                                          |             
          Squamous                         |          4                                                               |             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        | 1  1     3     1  1           1     1     1     1  2  1        2        1|             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     |          2        1                                                      |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pleura                                  |       +                                                                  |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Trachea                                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Eye                                     |       +                                                                  |             
      Cataract                             |       3                                                                  |             
      Cornea, Edema                        |                                                                          |             
      Retina, Atrophy                      |       4                                                                  |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Zymbal's Gland                          |                                  +                                       |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Kidney                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Nephropathy                          | 2  2  2  1  2  2  1  2  2  1  2  1  2     2  1  3  2  1  2  2  3  2  2  2|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Urinary Bladder                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 7| 4| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 3| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 4|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 2| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 2| 0| 6| 3| 3| 3| 2| 3| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 7| 3| 9|            |
                                           | 5| 0| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6| 2| 9| 2| 5| 5| 6| 6| 5| 8| 7| 5| 6| 6| 6| 3| 5| 1|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3|      A     |
    0.3                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  45        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  45        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  46        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  45        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  45        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Liver                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Angiectasis                          |                                                                2  1      |      4  1.8|
      Basophilic Focus                     | X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X     X     X  X     X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X|     37     |
      Clear Cell Focus                     |                                  X           X        X  X           X   |      6     |
      Degeneration, Fatty                  |                         3              2  2              1              2|      9  1.9|
      Eosinophilic Focus                   |             X                                                            |      1     |
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           | X                                                                        |      6     |
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Mixed Cell Focus                     | X        X        X                             X  X     X               |     11     |
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Regeneration                         |                                                                         3|      1  3.0|
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               |                            2                                   1         |      6  1.5|
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              |                            1  2        1                                1|      6  1.2|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Mesentery                               | +                       +  +  +                                          |   8        |
      Artery, Inflammation, Chronic Active |                            3                                             |      1  3.0|
      Fat, Necrosis                        |                         3     3                                          |      6  2.3|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Oral Mucosa                             |             +        +                                                   |   2        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pancreas                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Atrophy                              |    1              4  2     1     2                    2  1           1  1|     11  1.5|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Atrophy                              |                                                                2  2      |      4  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Hyperplasia, Basal Cell              | 3                                                                        |      1  3.0|
      Necrosis                             |                         3                                                |      2  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Glandular                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Mineralization                       |                   1                                                      |      1  1.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Tooth                                   |                                                                      +   |   2        |
      Developmental Malformation           |                                                                      X   |      1     |
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 7| 4| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 3| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 4|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 2| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 2| 0| 6| 3| 3| 3| 2| 3| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 7| 3| 9|            |
                                           | 5| 0| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6| 2| 9| 2| 5| 5| 6| 6| 5| 8| 7| 5| 6| 6| 6| 3| 5| 1|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3|      A     |
    0.3                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM - cont              |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Cardiomyopathy                       | 2        2  1  1  1              2  1     1  1  1           1  1  1  1  1|     24  1.2|
      Atrium, Thrombosis                   |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Cortex                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Hyperplasia                          |       1     2     2  2  2  2                    2        3  2  2     2   |     21  1.9|
      Hypertrophy                          |                                                       2           2      |      3  1.7|
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            |                      2                                                   |      5  2.4|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Medulla                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Hyperplasia                          | 2                 1                                   3           3      |      7  2.3|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Islets, Pancreatic                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Parathyroid Gland                       | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pituitary Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           |                                           2  2                       3  2|      5  2.2|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thyroid Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  | 1     3  2  1  1  2  1  1  1     1  2  1     1  2  1  2  2  1  1  1  3  1|     42  1.5|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
    None                                   |                                                                          |            |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Clitoral Gland                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Hyperplasia                          | 2                                                                        |      1  2.0|
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                        3        1                        |      6  2.3|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Ovary                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Cyst                                 |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Uterus                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Cervix, Hypertrophy                  |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node                              |                               +                                          |   3        |
      Renal, Hemorrhage                    |                               2                                          |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  M  +  M  +  M  +  M  M  +  M  +  +  M  M  M|  30        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  M  +  +  +  M  +|  40        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Hemorrhage                           |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  +  M  M  +  +  M  +  +  +  M  +  M  +  M  +  M  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  38        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Spleen                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 7| 4| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 3| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 4|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 2| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 2| 0| 6| 3| 3| 3| 2| 3| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 7| 3| 9|            |
                                           | 5| 0| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6| 2| 9| 2| 5| 5| 6| 6| 5| 8| 7| 5| 6| 6| 6| 3| 5| 1|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3|      A     |
    0.3                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM - cont               |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Accessory Spleen                     |             X                                         X                  |      2     |
      Fibrosis                             |                            2     2                             2         |      4  2.0|
      Hematopoietic Cell Proliferation     |                               4           4                              |      2  4.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thymus                                  | +  +  M  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  45        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Mammary Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Galactocele                          |                                                          3               |      2  2.5|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Hyperkeratosis                       |                                                 3                        |      1  3.0|
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                         3                                                |      4  2.8|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Hyperostosis                         |                3        2        3                    2                  |      5  2.6|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Larynx                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Epiglottis, Metaplasia, Squamous     | 1  1     1        1                       1  1  1        1        1  1  1|     22  1.1|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lung                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Congestion, Chronic                  |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
      Metaplasia, Squamous                 |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Pigmentation, Hemosiderin            |    2                                                                     |      1  2.0|
      Proteinosis                          | 1     2  1  1     2  1  1     1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  1  1     2|     36  1.2|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     |             1        1                                   2               |      7  1.6|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Metaplasia      | 2     3  3  2  2  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  2  2  2  2  1  2|     47  2.0|
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous| 2     3  3  2  2  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  2  2  2  2  1  2|     47  2.0|
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               | 2     3  3  2  2  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  2  2  2  2  1  2|     47  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |             2              1           1                    2           2|     10  1.7|
      Thrombosis                           |                         3              1                                4|      4  2.8|
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            |       1                    1        1                                    |      8  1.3|
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
      Nasolacrimal Duct, Metaplasia,       |                                                                          |            |
          Squamous                         |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        | 1  1     1        1     1  1  1     1  1        1  2  1  1     1  1  1   |     29  1.2|
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
                                                             Page  14                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 7| 4| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 3| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 4|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 2| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 2| 0| 6| 3| 3| 3| 2| 3| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 7| 3| 9|            |
                                           | 5| 0| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6| 2| 9| 2| 5| 5| 6| 6| 5| 8| 7| 5| 6| 6| 6| 3| 5| 1|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3|      A     |
    0.3                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - cont                 |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     |                                                                          |      2  1.5|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pleura                                  |                                                                          |   1        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Trachea                                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Eye                                     |                   +     +                    +                          +|   5        |
      Cataract                             |                   4     4                    4                           |      4  3.8|
      Cornea, Edema                        |                                                                         3|      1  3.0|
      Retina, Atrophy                      |                   4     4                    4                           |      4  4.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Zymbal's Gland                          |                                                                          |   1        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Kidney                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Nephropathy                          | 2     2  2  2  1  2  1  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  2  3  2  3  2  2  2  3  2  1|     48  1.9|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Urinary Bladder                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
                                                             Page  15                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7| 6| 5| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 3|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 3| 9| 3| 6| 3| 3| 3| 8| 9| 3| 2| 3| 5| 3| 5|             
                                           | 7| 5| 5| 6| 6| 7| 2| 4| 7| 7| 5| 2| 6| 8| 6| 7| 5| 5| 6| 7| 2| 7| 9| 6| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5|             
    1.0                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  A  +  +|             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  A  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  A  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Liver                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Angiectasis                          |                                                                          |             
      Basophilic Focus                     | X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X     X  X  X  X  X     X  X  X     X  X   |             
      Clear Cell Focus                     |          X  X           X  X                                             |             
      Cyst                                 |                                                                          |             
      Degeneration, Fatty                  |                                  2                    1                  |             
      Eosinophilic Focus                   |                                                                          |             
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           |             X           X              X        X                       X|             
      Mixed Cell Focus                     |    X  X           X        X              X  X  X              X  X      |             
      Regeneration                         |                      1                                                  3|             
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               |                      1           1                 1        1           1|             
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              |                                  1                 3                     |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Mesentery                               |    +                          +           +                    +         |             
      Fat, Necrosis                        |    2                          2           2                    2         |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pancreas                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |             1           2        1  1  2  1     1           2        2   |             
      Artery, Inflammation                 |                                                                         2|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia, Squamous                |                                                                          |             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Stomach, Glandular                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Mineralization                       |                                                                          |             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Blood Vessel                            |                                                                          |             
      Aorta, Inflammation, Chronic Active  |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cardiomyopathy                       | 1  1  1     1  1     1  2  1     1        1     2        1  2     1  1   |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Adrenal Cortex                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          | 1  2        1     2  2  2     2  2  2     1  2  1                    1   |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                                             Page  16                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7| 6| 5| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 3|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 3| 9| 3| 6| 3| 3| 3| 8| 9| 3| 2| 3| 5| 3| 5|             
                                           | 7| 5| 5| 6| 6| 7| 2| 4| 7| 7| 5| 2| 6| 8| 6| 7| 5| 5| 6| 7| 2| 7| 9| 6| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5|             
    1.0                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM - cont                   |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
      Hypertrophy                          |          2                                                     1         |             
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            |                   1              2  2  2  2                    2        2|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Adrenal Medulla                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |             2        2              3  1                                3|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Islets, Pancreatic                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Parathyroid Gland                       | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pituitary Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Pars Distalis, Angiectasis           |                                  4                                      3|             
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           |             4        3     2           2     4                           |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Thyroid Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  | 3  3  1  2        2  2  2  2  2  1  2  1  1  1  1  2  1        2     1  1|             
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 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
    None                                   |                                                                          |             
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 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Clitoral Gland                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                                          |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                               2                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Ovary                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cyst                                 |                                                          2     1        3|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Uterus                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
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 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia, Histiocytic             |             4                                                            |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node                              |                                                       +                  |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Infiltration Cellular, Plasma Cell   |                                                                         2|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Spleen                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Fibrosis                             |             2                                                            |             
      Hematopoietic Cell Proliferation     |                                        2           3                    4|             
      Hemorrhage                           |                                                             3            |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Thymus                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Mammary Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Galactocele                          |                               2                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |             2                                                            |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
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                                           | 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7| 6| 5| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 3|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 3| 9| 3| 6| 3| 3| 3| 8| 9| 3| 2| 3| 5| 3| 5|             
                                           | 7| 5| 5| 6| 6| 7| 2| 4| 7| 7| 5| 2| 6| 8| 6| 7| 5| 5| 6| 7| 2| 7| 9| 6| 5|             
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                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5|             
    1.0                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
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 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM - cont             |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperostosis                         |                      4           3                                      2|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Skeletal Muscle                         |                                                                         +|             
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 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Larynx                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Epiglottis, Metaplasia, Squamous     | 1  1  1  1     1  1  1  1  2  1  1  2  2     1  2  1     1  2  1  1      |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lung                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cyst                                 |                                                    4                     |             
      Metaplasia, Squamous                 |                                  1                 4        2            |             
      Proteinosis                          | 3  4  2  1  3  2  4  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  3  3  1     3  4  3  4  3  2|             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia,    |                                                                          |             
           Atypical                        |                                                    4           4         |             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     | 2  1           2     2        1           3     1                        |             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Metaplasia      | 4  4  3  3  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  2|             
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous| 3  4  3  3  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  3|             
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               | 3  4  3  3  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  2|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |                2                                            1            |             
      Thrombosis                           |                                  3                                       |             
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            |    2  1        2  1        2        2  1  2  1     2  1           1     2|             
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   |                                                             2            |             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        | 1  1  1  1  1  1  3  2  1  2  1  3  2  1  1  2  2  2  1  1  1  1     1  2|             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     |                   3                                                      |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Trachea                                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Eye                                     |                               +  +                                       |             
      Cataract                             |                               3  4                                       |             
      Retina, Atrophy                      |                               3  4                                       |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Zymbal's Gland                          |                                                                          |             
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 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Kidney                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Infarct                              |                                     3                                    |             
      Nephropathy                          | 3  2  1  2  3  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  2     3  2  1  2  1  2     2  1  2  1|             
      Renal Tubule, Hyperplasia            |                                                                      1   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Urinary Bladder                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 5| 7| 7| 5| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 5| 6| 6| 7| 7|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 0| 4| 2| 3| 2| 5| 3| 3| 3| 3| 2| 2| 3| 2| 2| 0| 3| 3| 3| 3| 1| 1| 0| 3| 3|            |
                                           | 0| 1| 2| 6| 6| 2| 6| 6| 7| 2| 2| 9| 6| 3| 7| 9| 6| 6| 6| 7| 0| 9| 3| 5| 5|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5|      A     |
    1.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |                            3                                             |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|  48        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|  47        |
      Necrosis                             |       3                                                                  |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|  48        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Liver                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Angiectasis                          |                                                                   2      |      1  2.0|
      Basophilic Focus                     |    X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X|     45     |
      Clear Cell Focus                     |                                                 X                        |      5     |
      Cyst                                 |                                                       2                  |      1  2.0|
      Degeneration, Fatty                  | 2              2           4                 3     2           3         |      8  2.4|
      Eosinophilic Focus                   |                                     X                                    |      1     |
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           |    X                    X              X                                 |      8     |
      Mixed Cell Focus                     |    X  X     X     X                    X  X           X     X        X   |     18     |
      Regeneration                         |                                                                          |      2  2.0|
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               | 1           1                                2     2                     |      9  1.2|
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              |             1  1              1              1     2                     |      7  1.4|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Mesentery                               |                +                                      +                  |   6        |
      Fat, Necrosis                        |                3                                      2                  |      6  2.2|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pancreas                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Atrophy                              | 1           1        3        1                    2     1           1   |     16  1.4|
      Artery, Inflammation                 |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Atrophy                              |                2                                                         |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia, Squamous                |                                                                2         |      1  2.0|
      Necrosis                             | 3                                                                        |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Glandular                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|  49        |
      Mineralization                       |                                                                      2   |      1  2.0|
      Necrosis                             | 1                                                                        |      1  1.0|
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 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Blood Vessel                            |                                                             +            |   1        |
      Aorta, Inflammation, Chronic Active  |                                                             2            |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 5| 7| 7| 5| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 5| 6| 6| 7| 7|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 0| 4| 2| 3| 2| 5| 3| 3| 3| 3| 2| 2| 3| 2| 2| 0| 3| 3| 3| 3| 1| 1| 0| 3| 3|            |
                                           | 0| 1| 2| 6| 6| 2| 6| 6| 7| 2| 2| 9| 6| 3| 7| 9| 6| 6| 6| 7| 0| 9| 3| 5| 5|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5|      A     |
    1.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM - cont              |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Cardiomyopathy                       | 2  1  2  1     2     1  2              1  2     2  1  1  2           2   |     29  1.4|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Cortex                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia                          |       2        2  2  2        2     2           2        2  1  2     2  2|     25  1.8|
      Hypertrophy                          |          1        2                 1                 2  2     2         |      8  1.6|
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            |                            2  3  2                                       |     10  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Medulla                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia                          |          1        3        3                 2  1              2         |     11  2.1|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Islets, Pancreatic                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Parathyroid Gland                       | +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pituitary Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Pars Distalis, Angiectasis           |                                                                          |      2  3.5|
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           | 2           2                       2                                    |      8  2.6|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thyroid Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  | 1  2  2  2  1     3  1  3           1  2  1     1  3  2  1  1  1         |     37  1.6|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
    None                                   |                                                                          |            |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Clitoral Gland                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +|  48        |
      Hyperplasia                          |          3                                                               |      1  3.0|
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                   2                                                      |      2  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Ovary                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Cyst                                 |                                                                          |      3  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Uterus                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia, Histiocytic             |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node                              |                                              +                 +         |   3        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  M  M  +  +  M  M  M  +  M  M  +  M  M  M  +  M  M|  37        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  M|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  M  +|  43        |
      Infiltration Cellular, Plasma Cell   |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Spleen                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Fibrosis                             | 3                                                                        |      2  2.5|
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 5| 7| 7| 5| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 5| 6| 6| 7| 7|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 0| 4| 2| 3| 2| 5| 3| 3| 3| 3| 2| 2| 3| 2| 2| 0| 3| 3| 3| 3| 1| 1| 0| 3| 3|            |
                                           | 0| 1| 2| 6| 6| 2| 6| 6| 7| 2| 2| 9| 6| 3| 7| 9| 6| 6| 6| 7| 0| 9| 3| 5| 5|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5|      A     |
    1.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM - cont               |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Hematopoietic Cell Proliferation     |       3                                                                  |      4  3.0|
      Hemorrhage                           | 3                                                              2         |      3  2.7|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thymus                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  M  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +|  45        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Mammary Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Galactocele                          |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                       2  3               |      3  2.3|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperostosis                         |          1                                   2                           |      5  2.4|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Skeletal Muscle                         |                                                                          |   1        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Larynx                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Epiglottis, Metaplasia, Squamous     | 2  2  3  1  1  1  1  1     2  2  2     1  3  1  2  1           1  1     1|     39  1.4|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lung                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Cyst                                 |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
      Metaplasia, Squamous                 |                      2              3           2                    2  2|      8  2.3|
      Proteinosis                          | 3  2  2  3  1  2  3  3  4  3  3  3  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  2  2  3  4|     49  2.8|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia,    |                                                                          |            |
           Atypical                        |                   3                                                      |      3  3.7|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     |    3     2  1        2  3           3  1        2     2  1  1        1  2|     20  1.8|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Metaplasia      | 3  3  3  3  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  4  3  3  4  4|     50  3.6|
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous| 3  3  3  3  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  4  3  3  4  4|     50  3.6|
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               | 3  3  3  3  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  4  3  3  4  4|     50  3.6|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |                                                                          |      2  1.5|
      Thrombosis                           | 2                          1                                             |      3  2.0|
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            | 1     1              1     1  2  1  1  2     1  2              2  1     1|     26  1.4|
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   |                               1        1        1                        |      4  1.3|
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        |    2  3  2  1  1  2  3  2  1     1     3  1  2  2  1  1  1  2  1  2  2  1|     46  1.6|
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     |                      1                    1                              |      3  1.7|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Trachea                                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 5| 7| 7| 5| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 5| 6| 6| 7| 7|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 0| 4| 2| 3| 2| 5| 3| 3| 3| 3| 2| 2| 3| 2| 2| 0| 3| 3| 3| 3| 1| 1| 0| 3| 3|            |
                                           | 0| 1| 2| 6| 6| 2| 6| 6| 7| 2| 2| 9| 6| 3| 7| 9| 6| 6| 6| 7| 0| 9| 3| 5| 5|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5|      A     |
    1.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - cont                 |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Eye                                     |                   +                                                      |   3        |
      Cataract                             |                   3                                                      |      3  3.3|
      Retina, Atrophy                      |                   4                                                      |      3  3.7|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Zymbal's Gland                          |                                           +                              |   1        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Kidney                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Infarct                              | 3                                                                        |      2  3.0|
      Nephropathy                          | 1  2  2  2     1  3  2  2  4  2  2  2  2  2  1  1  2  2  2  2        3  1|     45  1.9|
      Renal Tubule, Hyperplasia            |                                                                          |      1  1.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Urinary Bladder                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
                                                             Page  22                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 5| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 6| 6| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 8| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 5| 8| 9| 0| 7| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 3| 3| 3| 1| 3| 3| 3| 3|             
                                           | 5| 6| 6| 2| 6| 6| 0| 6| 3| 9| 9| 5| 7| 7| 6| 5| 2| 5| 5| 6| 1| 7| 6| 6| 6|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7|             
    3.0                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Liver                                   | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Angiectasis                          |                               2     2                                    |             
      Basophilic Focus                     |    X  X  X  X  X  X     X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X     X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X|             
      Clear Cell Focus                     |       X     X     X                    X        X                 X  X   |             
      Degeneration, Fatty                  |                                     3                                    |             
      Eosinophilic Focus                   |       X                                                                  |             
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           |       X              X                                                  X|             
      Mixed Cell Focus                     |                X  X        X  X           X     X        X              X|             
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               |                                           1           1                  |             
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              |                      1                          3                        |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Mesentery                               | +     +                       +           +        +              +      |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                                          |             
      Fat, Necrosis                        | 2     2                       2           2        2              2      |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pancreas                                | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |                   1     1     1  2           1     3  1           1      |             
      Basophilic Focus                     |                                                                          |             
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Necrosis                             |                                     3                                    |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Stomach, Glandular                      | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Mineralization                       |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Tooth                                   |                                              +                           |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                              4                           |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cardiomyopathy                       | 1     1  2        1     1  2  1  1        1              2  1     1      |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Adrenal Cortex                          | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |    1  2     2  2     3  2     1  2  2  2  2        2           2     2   |             
      Hypertrophy                          |          1                 1        1                 2                  |             
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            |          2                    3  2                 2  2  4               |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Adrenal Medulla                         | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |    2  1     2                 1                             2        2   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Islets, Pancreatic                      | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 5| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 6| 6| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 8| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 5| 8| 9| 0| 7| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 3| 3| 3| 1| 3| 3| 3| 3|             
                                           | 5| 6| 6| 2| 6| 6| 0| 6| 3| 9| 9| 5| 7| 7| 6| 5| 2| 5| 5| 6| 1| 7| 6| 6| 6|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7|             
    3.0                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM - cont                   |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Parathyroid Gland                       | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pituitary Gland                         | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Pars Distalis, Cyst                  |                                                                          |             
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           |       3     2                    3                                       |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Thyroid Gland                           | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  |    1  1     1     2     1     1  1  1  2  1  1     2  1  2     3     1  2|             
      Follicular Cell, Hyperplasia         |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
    None                                   |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Clitoral Gland                          | +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |                                     3                                    |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                  3                 1        2            |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Ovary                                   | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Uterus                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hydrometra                           |                                                                2         |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |                                                                          |             
      Hyperplasia, Histiocytic             |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node                              |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  M  +  M  +  M  M  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  M  M  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Infiltration Cellular, Plasma Cell   |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hemorrhage                           |          1                                                               |             
      Infiltration Cellular, Eosinophil    |                            3                                             |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  M  M  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hemorrhage                           |                                                                          |             
      Infiltration Cellular, Plasma Cell   |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Spleen                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hematopoietic Cell Proliferation     |                                                 3  2                     |             
      Hemorrhage                           |                                     4                                    |             
      Hyperplasia, Focal                   |                                                                          |             
      Necrosis                             |                                     2                                    |             
      Thrombosis                           | 4                                                                        |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Thymus                                  | A  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Mammary Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Galactocele                          |                                     3                                    |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 5| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 6| 6| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 8| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 5| 8| 9| 0| 7| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 3| 3| 3| 1| 3| 3| 3| 3|             
                                           | 5| 6| 6| 2| 6| 6| 0| 6| 3| 9| 9| 5| 7| 7| 6| 5| 2| 5| 5| 6| 1| 7| 6| 6| 6|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7|             
    3.0                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM - cont               |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Chronic                |                            3                                             |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                               2              3           3               |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperostosis                         |                                              4                           |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Skeletal Muscle                         |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Gliosis                              |          2                                                               |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Larynx                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Epiglottis, Metaplasia, Squamous     | 3  2  3  2  3  3  3  4  3  3  3  3  2  2  3  1  3  2  2  3  3  2  3  3  3|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lung                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Metaplasia, Osseous                  | 1                                                                        |             
      Metaplasia, Squamous                 |                                                                          |             
      Proteinosis                          | 4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  4|             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia,    |                                                                          |             
           Atypical                        |                                                             4     3      |             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     |    1  2           1     1  4  1  1     1  3        1  2     4  1        1|             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Metaplasia      | 3  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4|             
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous| 3  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4|             
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               | 3  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4|             
      Perivascular, Inflammation, Chronic  |                                                                          |             
          Active                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |                                  2                                       |             
      Thrombosis                           |                                                                          |             
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            | 2     2  2     1     1  2  1  1  2  2  2     2     2     2  1  1  2  1   |             
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   |       1                 2        2  1  1                                 |             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        | 2  3  3  3  3     3  4  1  1  3  4  3  3  2     3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3|             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     |    1  3  3  2     2  2        3  3  2  2  1     3  3  2  2  2  3  1  2  1|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Trachea                                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Eye                                     |    +                                            +                        |             
      Cataract                             |    3                                                                     |             
      Retina, Atrophy                      |    3                                                                     |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lacrimal Gland                          |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 5| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 6| 6| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 8| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 5| 8| 9| 0| 7| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 3| 3| 3| 1| 3| 3| 3| 3|             
                                           | 5| 6| 6| 2| 6| 6| 0| 6| 3| 9| 9| 5| 7| 7| 6| 5| 2| 5| 5| 6| 1| 7| 6| 6| 6|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7|             
    3.0                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 URINARY SYSTEM - cont                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Kidney                                  | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia, Stromal                 |                                                                          |             
      Infarct                              |                                                                          |             
      Nephropathy                          |    1  1  1  2  3  2  1  2  1  2  2  3  2  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  2  3  2  2|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Urinary Bladder                         | A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 7| 7| 7| 3| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 4| 0| 6| 7| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 5| 3| 3| 2| 8| 3| 3| 7| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 0| 3| 3| 7| 0| 8| 3| 3| 6| 3| 1| 3|            |
                                           | 2| 7| 5| 2| 6| 6| 6| 3| 7| 5| 2| 7| 5| 9| 7| 7| 0| 6| 0| 6| 6| 3| 7| 0| 6|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7|      A     |
    3.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Liver                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Angiectasis                          |                                                                          |      2  2.0|
      Basophilic Focus                     | X  X  X     X  X  X  X  X  X     X  X  X  X  X        X  X        X  X  X|     41     |
      Clear Cell Focus                     |                X        X                                         X     X|     11     |
      Degeneration, Fatty                  |                                        2                                 |      2  2.5|
      Eosinophilic Focus                   |                                                          X               |      2     |
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           |                                  X                                       |      4     |
      Mixed Cell Focus                     |       X        X              X           X           X     X        X   |     15     |
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               |          2     1                                1           1  2         |      7  1.3|
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              |          1                             1        1                        |      5  1.4|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Mesentery                               |    +              +              +           +        +     +        +   |  13        |
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                             2            |      1  2.0|
      Fat, Necrosis                        |    2              3              2           2        2              2   |     12  2.1|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pancreas                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Atrophy                              |       2  1     1                             1  2     1  3     2         |     16  1.5|
      Basophilic Focus                     |                      X           X  X                                    |      3     |
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                             3            |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Glandular                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Mineralization                       |                                     1                                    |      1  1.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Tooth                                   |                                                                          |   1        |
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Cardiomyopathy                       |    2  1        1  2     1  1        1  1     2              1           1|     23  1.3|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Cortex                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Hyperplasia                          |                2     1     2        1     1  2        2     2  2         |     23  1.8|
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 7| 7| 7| 3| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 4| 0| 6| 7| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 5| 3| 3| 2| 8| 3| 3| 7| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 0| 3| 3| 7| 0| 8| 3| 3| 6| 3| 1| 3|            |
                                           | 2| 7| 5| 2| 6| 6| 6| 3| 7| 5| 2| 7| 5| 9| 7| 7| 0| 6| 0| 6| 6| 3| 7| 0| 6|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7|      A     |
    3.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM - cont                   |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Hypertrophy                          |    2                       1     2           2              2            |      9  1.6|
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            | 2     2        4                    3                 2           2      |     12  2.5|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Medulla                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Hyperplasia                          | 2                 3           2        3        2           2           2|     13  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Islets, Pancreatic                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Parathyroid Gland                       | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pituitary Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Pars Distalis, Cyst                  |                      4                                                   |      1  4.0|
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           |                                        2                             3   |      5  2.6|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thyroid Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  |    1  1  2     1  2  2  3  2  1  2  2  2  1  2  1     1     1  1  1  1  2|     38  1.5|
      Follicular Cell, Hyperplasia         |                                                       1                  |      1  1.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
    None                                   |                                                                          |            |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Clitoral Gland                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Hyperplasia                          |                               1                                          |      2  2.0|
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         | 4                       4     2                                          |      6  2.7|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Ovary                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Uterus                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Hydrometra                           |                                           2                              |      2  2.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Atrophy                              |    2                                                                     |      1  2.0|
      Hyperplasia, Histiocytic             |                                     3                                    |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node                              |          +                             +                                 |   2        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  M  M  +  +  M  M  +  +|  37        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  45        |
      Infiltration Cellular, Plasma Cell   |                      2                                                   |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Hemorrhage                           |                                                                          |      1  1.0|
      Infiltration Cellular, Eosinophil    |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  45        |
      Hemorrhage                           |                2                                                         |      1  2.0|
      Infiltration Cellular, Plasma Cell   |                            2                                             |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Spleen                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 7| 7| 7| 3| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 4| 0| 6| 7| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 5| 3| 3| 2| 8| 3| 3| 7| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 0| 3| 3| 7| 0| 8| 3| 3| 6| 3| 1| 3|            |
                                           | 2| 7| 5| 2| 6| 6| 6| 3| 7| 5| 2| 7| 5| 9| 7| 7| 0| 6| 0| 6| 6| 3| 7| 0| 6|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7|      A     |
    3.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM - cont               |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Hematopoietic Cell Proliferation     |                                           3                              |      3  2.7|
      Hemorrhage                           |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
      Hyperplasia, Focal                   |    3                                                                     |      1  3.0|
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Thrombosis                           |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thymus                                  | +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +|  44        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Mammary Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Galactocele                          |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                  4                                       |      1  4.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Inflammation, Chronic                |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                                          |      3  2.7|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperostosis                         |                                                                4        3|      3  3.7|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Skeletal Muscle                         |                                                                      +   |   1        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Gliosis                              |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Larynx                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Epiglottis, Metaplasia, Squamous     | 3  3     3     2  2  4  1  2  3  1  2  2  2  4  3  3  3  1  3  2  2  2  3|     48  2.6|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lung                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Metaplasia, Osseous                  |                                                                          |      1  1.0|
      Metaplasia, Squamous                 |       1                          2                          2            |      3  1.7|
      Proteinosis                          | 4  4  4  2  3  4  3  4  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4     4  4  4  4  4  4  4|     49  3.9|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia,    |                                                                          |            |
           Atypical                        | 2                 3                          4                           |      5  3.2|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     | 2  2  1     1  3  2     1     2  4  2     4  2  3     1  3  3  2  3     2|     33  2.0|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Metaplasia      | 4  4  4  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4     4  4  4  4  4  2  4|     49  3.9|
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous| 4  4  4  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  4  3     4  4  4  4  4  4  4|     49  3.9|
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               | 4  4  4  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  3     4  4  4  4  4  2  4|     49  3.9|
      Perivascular, Inflammation, Chronic  |                                                                          |            |
          Active                           |             3                                                            |      1  3.0|
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 7| 7| 7| 3| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 4| 0| 6| 7| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 5| 3| 3| 2| 8| 3| 3| 7| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 0| 3| 3| 7| 0| 8| 3| 3| 6| 3| 1| 3|            |
                                           | 2| 7| 5| 2| 6| 6| 6| 3| 7| 5| 2| 7| 5| 9| 7| 7| 0| 6| 0| 6| 6| 3| 7| 0| 6|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS FEMALE                 | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7|      A     |
    3.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - cont                 |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |    1                             2                                      2|      4  1.8|
      Thrombosis                           |                                                 2              3         |      2  2.5|
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            | 2  1  2  2  2        2  1  2  2  2  1  2  2     2     1  2  1  2     2  2|     38  1.7|
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   | 1        1           2           2                                      1|     10  1.4|
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        | 3  3  3  3  3  4  4  3  3  4  3  2  1  2  4  3  1     4  3  4  3  4  3  3|     47  2.9|
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     |    3  3  2  1  3  3  2  3  3  2  1  1     3  2           2  3  3  3  2  3|     40  2.3|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Trachea                                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Eye                                     |                                                                      +   |   3        |
      Cataract                             |                                                                      2   |      2  2.5|
      Retina, Atrophy                      |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lacrimal Gland                          |    +                                      +                              |   2        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Kidney                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Hyperplasia, Stromal                 |                            3                                             |      1  3.0|
      Infarct                              | 1           2                                                            |      2  1.5|
      Nephropathy                          | 2  1  2  1  1  1  2  2  2  1  2  3  2  2  2  2  3     3  1  2  2  2  1  2|     48  1.9|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Urinary Bladder                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  47        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
                                                             Page  30                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 7| 7| 6| 5| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 5| 4| 5| 6| 6| 7| 7| 6| 4| 6| 6| 7|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 5| 2| 3| 7| 3| 3| 0| 3| 8| 0| 3|             
                                           | 4| 5| 1| 2| 4| 4| 4| 1| 4| 4| 4| 9| 5| 4| 3| 7| 2| 9| 4| 4| 2| 5| 0| 3| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
    CONTROL                                | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
                                           | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Liver                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Angiectasis                          |                            3           2                                 |             
      Basophilic Focus                     |    X     X           X     X  X     X  X              X                  |             
      Clear Cell Focus                     | X  X        X     X        X        X                                   X|             
      Degeneration, Cystic                 |                      2              2              2                    2|             
      Degeneration, Fatty                  |                      1                                                   |             
      Eosinophilic Focus                   |             X  X                                                         |             
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           |    X                                                                     |             
      Mixed Cell Focus                     |                            X  X              X                           |             
      Regeneration                         |          2                                                           3   |             
      Thrombosis                           |                                                                          |             
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               | 1  2  2  3  1  3  1  1  2     1  1  1     2  2  2  2  1  3  2        3  1|             
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              |       1                                   1        1     1  1  1     1   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Mesentery                               | +        +     +              +     +     +              +              +|             
      Fat, Hemorrhage                      |                2                                                         |             
      Fat, Necrosis                        | 2        2     3              2     3                    2              2|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pancreas                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              | 3  2     2  2        1     1  3  1     2  1                 2        1   |             
      Basophilic Focus                     |                                                       X                 X|             
      Hyperplasia                          |                                     2                                    |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |    2                                                                     |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Stomach, Glandular                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Mineralization                       |                                                                          |             
      Necrosis                             |                                           3                              |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Tongue                                  |                                                                          |             
      Hyperplasia, Squamous                |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cardiomyopathy                       |    2  2  1  2  2  2     1  2  2  1  2        2  2  1  2  1  2        3   |             
      Atrium, Thrombosis                   |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Adrenal Cortex                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 7| 7| 6| 5| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 5| 4| 5| 6| 6| 7| 7| 6| 4| 6| 6| 7|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 5| 2| 3| 7| 3| 3| 0| 3| 8| 0| 3|             
                                           | 4| 5| 1| 2| 4| 4| 4| 1| 4| 4| 4| 9| 5| 4| 3| 7| 2| 9| 4| 4| 2| 5| 0| 3| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
    CONTROL                                | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
                                           | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM - cont                   |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
      Hyperplasia                          | 2  2        2  2  3  2        2  2     2     1  2     2           2      |             
      Hypertrophy                          | 2                                                     2                  |             
      Necrosis                             |       2                                                                  |             
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            |                                        1                                 |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Adrenal Medulla                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          | 1     2  2  3  2     2  2     1     1        2  1  1     1  3  2     2  3|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Islets, Pancreatic                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Parathyroid Gland                       | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pituitary Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           |       3                                                              2   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Thyroid Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  |       3     1  2        2  1     1  1           1        1  1     2  1  2|             
      Follicular Cell, Hyperplasia         |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
    None                                   |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Epididymis                              | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Granuloma Sperm                      |    3                                                                     |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Penis                                   |       +                                   +                              |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Preputial Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |                                     2                                    |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |    2     2                    2  2                    2     2           2|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Prostate                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |                   2  3        2     2                             2      |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |       3                                                                  |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Seminal Vesicle                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Testes                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |             4                                                            |             
      Artery, Inflammation, Chronic Active |                                                                          |             
      Interstitial Cell, Hyperplasia       |                                  1           1                 2  1      |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node                              |       +                                   +                          +   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Spleen                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Accessory Spleen                     |                                     X                                    |             
      Fibrosis                             |       2        2        2  3  2              2     3  1           2      |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 7| 7| 6| 5| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 5| 4| 5| 6| 6| 7| 7| 6| 4| 6| 6| 7|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 5| 2| 3| 7| 3| 3| 0| 3| 8| 0| 3|             
                                           | 4| 5| 1| 2| 4| 4| 4| 1| 4| 4| 4| 9| 5| 4| 3| 7| 2| 9| 4| 4| 2| 5| 0| 3| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
    CONTROL                                | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
                                           | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM - cont               |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
      Hematopoietic Cell Proliferation     |                                                                4         |             
      Necrosis                             |          4                                                               |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Thymus                                  | +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Mammary Gland                           | +  +  M  +  +  +  M  M  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  M  +|             
      Galactocele                          |    3                                                              3      |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cyst Epithelial Inclusion            |                                                                          |             
      Inflammation, Chronic                |                                  1                                       |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |       2                                                                  |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperostosis                         |       3                                                  3               |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Gliosis                              |                                                                          |             
      Necrosis                             |                                                          1               |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Larynx                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lung                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hemorrhage                           |                                                                          |             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     | 1                 3                 1     2        3  1     2            |             
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous|                                                    1                 1   |             
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               |                                                    1                     |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         | 2                                                                        |             
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |                2  2                 1                                    |             
      Metaplasia, Squamous                 |                   2                                                      |             
      Thrombosis                           |       3                                   2        3     2           3   |             
      Glands, Cyst                         |                                                                          |             
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            |                                                                          |             
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   |                                                                          |             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        | 1  1  1     1                                                        1   |             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     | 1     1     1                                      2                 1   |             
      Respiratory Epithelium, Hyperplasia, |                                                                          |             
           Focal                           | 2              3                                                     2   |             
      Respiratory Epithelium, Inflammation |                                                    2                     |             
      Respiratory Epithelium, Metaplasia,  |                                                                          |             
           Squamous                        |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pleura                                  |                                                    +                     |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 7| 7| 6| 5| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 5| 7| 5| 4| 5| 6| 6| 7| 7| 6| 4| 6| 6| 7|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 3| 9| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 5| 2| 3| 7| 3| 3| 0| 3| 8| 0| 3|             
                                           | 4| 5| 1| 2| 4| 4| 4| 1| 4| 4| 4| 9| 5| 4| 3| 7| 2| 9| 4| 4| 2| 5| 0| 3| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
    CONTROL                                | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
                                           | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - cont                 |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Trachea                                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Eye                                     |             +                          +                          +      |             
      Cataract                             |             4                          3                          4      |             
      Retina, Atrophy                      |             4                          4                          3      |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Zymbal's Gland                          |                                              +                           |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Kidney                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cyst                                 |                                                                          |             
      Infarct                              |          2                                                  2            |             
      Nephropathy                          | 2  3  2  1  3  3  3  3  3  3  2  2  3  2     2  4  2  2  3  1  2  4  3  4|             
      Renal Tubule, Hyperplasia            |                2                                                         |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Urinary Bladder                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 7| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6| 5| 5| 7| 6| 6| 7| 6| 5| 5| 6| 5| 5| 6| 7|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 6| 4| 7| 1| 4| 3| 3| 4| 3| 1| 1| 7| 6| 3| 9| 0| 2| 4| 2| 2| 1| 9| 7| 0| 3|            |
                                           | 4| 9| 3| 0| 5| 4| 4| 8| 5| 9| 0| 9| 8| 4| 2| 2| 7| 3| 6| 6| 0| 3| 6| 5| 5|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      A     |
    CONTROL                                | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
                                           | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  M  +  +|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +|  48        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Liver                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Angiectasis                          | 1     2                             3                                    |      5  2.2|
      Basophilic Focus                     |                   X     X           X  X     X                           |     13     |
      Clear Cell Focus                     |                   X                                                      |      8     |
      Degeneration, Cystic                 | 1  1                    1  2                       2              2      |     10  1.7|
      Degeneration, Fatty                  | 1        1                                            2        1  2      |      6  1.3|
      Eosinophilic Focus                   |                                                                          |      2     |
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           |                                                                          |      1     |
      Mixed Cell Focus                     |                                                                          |      3     |
      Regeneration                         |                                              3                           |      3  2.7|
      Thrombosis                           |                            2                                             |      1  2.0|
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               | 1  2  2        2  1  2  2  2  3  2  3  2  3  3  3  2        2  1  3     2|     41  2.0|
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              |    1  2              2     1  2           2  1  3  1              2      |     17  1.4|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Mesentery                               |    +  +  +                    +  +  +  +              +  +  +  +  +  +   |  21        |
      Fat, Hemorrhage                      |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Fat, Necrosis                        |    2  3  2                    2  2  3  3              2  2  2  3  2  2   |     20  2.3|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pancreas                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Atrophy                              | 1  2  1           2        2        2  2  1  1  2           2     2     2|     25  1.7|
      Basophilic Focus                     |                X                                                         |      3     |
      Hyperplasia                          |                                  2                                       |      2  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Atrophy                              |                                                                2         |      2  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Necrosis                             |       3  3  3                    2                 3  4                  |      6  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Glandular                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Mineralization                       |                                           1                              |      1  1.0|
      Necrosis                             |       3                                                              1   |      3  2.3|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Tongue                                  |       +                                                                  |   1        |
      Hyperplasia, Squamous                |       1                                                                  |      1  1.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
                                                             Page  35                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 7| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6| 5| 5| 7| 6| 6| 7| 6| 5| 5| 6| 5| 5| 6| 7|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 6| 4| 7| 1| 4| 3| 3| 4| 3| 1| 1| 7| 6| 3| 9| 0| 2| 4| 2| 2| 1| 9| 7| 0| 3|            |
                                           | 4| 9| 3| 0| 5| 4| 4| 8| 5| 9| 0| 9| 8| 4| 2| 2| 7| 3| 6| 6| 0| 3| 6| 5| 5|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      A     |
    CONTROL                                | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
                                           | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM - cont              |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Cardiomyopathy                       |    1     2     1  2  1  3  1     2  1  3  2  2     2  1  2  2  2  3  1  2|     38  1.8|
      Atrium, Thrombosis                   |       2                                         2                        |      2  2.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Cortex                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia                          | 2  2     1        2              2     2        2  2  2  1        2  2  2|     26  1.9|
      Hypertrophy                          |                                                                          |      2  2.0|
      Necrosis                             |                                                 1                        |      2  1.5|
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            |                   2     1                 2                 2     2      |      6  1.7|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Medulla                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia                          | 3  2  2  3  1  2  2  2  2  2     1           3  3  2  3           2     2|     34  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Islets, Pancreatic                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Parathyroid Gland                       | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                       2                  |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pituitary Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           |    3                                            3                        |      4  2.8|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thyroid Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  | 1  1     1     2  3     1  1     1  1  3  1  1  1  1  1  1     1        1|     31  1.4|
      Follicular Cell, Hyperplasia         |    1                                               4                     |      2  2.5|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
    None                                   |                                                                          |            |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Epididymis                              | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Granuloma Sperm                      |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Penis                                   |                                  +                                       |   3        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Preputial Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |             3  2                 4                                      2|     11  2.3|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Prostate                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia                          |    1           1                       1     2              2        3  1|     12  1.8|
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |          2                             2                                 |      3  2.3|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Seminal Vesicle                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Testes                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Atrophy                              | 3                                                                        |      2  3.5|
      Artery, Inflammation, Chronic Active |                                                                         2|      1  2.0|
      Interstitial Cell, Hyperplasia       |          1           2  1     1  1                 1     2        1  3   |     13  1.4|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 7| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6| 5| 5| 7| 6| 6| 7| 6| 5| 5| 6| 5| 5| 6| 7|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 6| 4| 7| 1| 4| 3| 3| 4| 3| 1| 1| 7| 6| 3| 9| 0| 2| 4| 2| 2| 1| 9| 7| 0| 3|            |
                                           | 4| 9| 3| 0| 5| 4| 4| 8| 5| 9| 0| 9| 8| 4| 2| 2| 7| 3| 6| 6| 0| 3| 6| 5| 5|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      A     |
    CONTROL                                | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
                                           | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM - cont               |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node                              |       +                       +              +  +                 +      |   8        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | +  +  M  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +|  45        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  M  +  +|  46        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Spleen                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Accessory Spleen                     |                                                                          |      1     |
      Fibrosis                             |       3     2  2        2     3        3                          2      |     16  2.3|
      Hematopoietic Cell Proliferation     |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
      Necrosis                             |       3                                                                  |      2  3.5|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thymus                                  | +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +|  45        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Mammary Gland                           | +  +  +  M  M  +  M  M  M  M  M  +  M  +  M  +  +  +  M  M  +  M  +  +  M|  30        |
      Galactocele                          |                                                                          |      2  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Cyst Epithelial Inclusion            |                         X                                                |      1     |
      Inflammation, Chronic                |       2                                                     3            |      3  2.0|
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperostosis                         |                                                                          |      2  3.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Gliosis                              |                                                                   2      |      1  2.0|
      Necrosis                             |          2                                                               |      2  1.5|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Larynx                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lung                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hemorrhage                           |       2                                                                  |      1  2.0|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     |    2                    1                                                |      9  1.8|
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous|                                                                          |      2  1.0|
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               |                                                                          |      1  1.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 7| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6| 5| 5| 7| 6| 6| 7| 6| 5| 5| 6| 5| 5| 6| 7|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 6| 4| 7| 1| 4| 3| 3| 4| 3| 1| 1| 7| 6| 3| 9| 0| 2| 4| 2| 2| 1| 9| 7| 0| 3|            |
                                           | 4| 9| 3| 0| 5| 4| 4| 8| 5| 9| 0| 9| 8| 4| 2| 2| 7| 3| 6| 6| 0| 3| 6| 5| 5|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      A     |
    CONTROL                                | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
                                           | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - cont                 |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |       2                                                                  |      4  1.8|
      Metaplasia, Squamous                 |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Thrombosis                           |    3  1              1     3  2           2  2  4                 1      |     14  2.3|
      Glands, Cyst                         |                      3                                                   |      1  3.0|
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            |    2                                1                                    |      2  1.5|
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   |                                     1                                    |      1  1.0|
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        |    2                                   1        1                        |      8  1.1|
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     |                                                                          |      5  1.2|
      Respiratory Epithelium, Hyperplasia, |                                                                          |            |
           Focal                           | 1                                   3                 2                  |      6  2.2|
      Respiratory Epithelium, Inflammation | 2        2                          3                                    |      4  2.3|
      Respiratory Epithelium, Metaplasia,  |                                                                          |            |
           Squamous                        |          2                                                               |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pleura                                  |                                                                          |   1        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Trachea                                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Eye                                     |                                     +  +                                 |   5        |
      Cataract                             |                                     3  4                                 |      5  3.6|
      Retina, Atrophy                      |                                     4  4                                 |      5  3.8|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Zymbal's Gland                          |                                                                          |   1        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Kidney                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Cyst                                 |                   2                                                      |      1  2.0|
      Infarct                              |       2                                                           2      |      4  2.0|
      Nephropathy                          | 4  3  3  4  3  2  4  2  3  1  1  2  2  4  4  2  3  3  4  3  2  2  2  3  4|     49  2.7|
      Renal Tubule, Hyperplasia            |                   4                                                      |      2  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Urinary Bladder                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 7| 7| 7| 6| 5| 5| 4| 7| 7| 6| 6| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 4| 7| 6| 7| 6| 6|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 3| 4| 7| 5| 7| 3| 3| 7| 3| 3| 8| 3| 6| 1| 2| 0| 3| 7| 3| 2| 3| 8| 9|             
                                           | 5| 4| 5| 6| 9| 4| 5| 4| 5| 1| 8| 4| 0| 4| 3| 9| 2| 1| 2| 1| 4| 9| 4| 0| 1|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    0.3                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Liver                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Angiectasis                          |          1                                                               |             
      Basophilic Focus                     | X  X  X  X           X  X                    X        X           X      |             
      Clear Cell Focus                     | X  X                                                                     |             
      Degeneration, Cystic                 |    2  3        1                 3                 2  3     1            |             
      Degeneration, Fatty                  |                               3                                3         |             
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           |       X                                                                  |             
      Mixed Cell Focus                     |       X                                                                  |             
      Necrosis                             |                2                                                         |             
      Regeneration                         |                                              4                           |             
      Thrombosis                           |                                                       2                  |             
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               | 1  1  2  1  2  1  2  1  2  2  2  3  1  2  3  3  3  3  3     1  2  1     1|             
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              |             2     1           4           1  1        3        1        1|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Mesentery                               |    +                    +           +  +                    +        +   |             
      Fat, Necrosis                        |    2                    4           2  2                    3        2   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pancreas                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Angiectasis                          |                                                       4                  |             
      Atrophy                              | 1  1  2  2     2        2  2     3  2     1        2  3  2     2         |             
      Basophilic Focus                     |       X                                      X                           |             
      Hyperplasia                          |                                              3                           |             
      Metaplasia, Hepatocyte               |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |                                     2                                    |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia, Basal Cell              |                                                                          |             
      Hyperplasia, Squamous                |                               2                                          |             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                3     2   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Stomach, Glandular                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Acute                  |                                                                         1|             
      Mineralization                       |                                                       1  1               |             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                3         |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cardiomyopathy                       | 2  2  3  1  2  1  1  2  2     1  2  2  2     1  2  2  1  2  3  2  2  1  1|             
      Atrium, Thrombosis                   |             2                                2                          4|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                                             Page  39                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 7| 7| 7| 6| 5| 5| 4| 7| 7| 6| 6| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 4| 7| 6| 7| 6| 6|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 3| 4| 7| 5| 7| 3| 3| 7| 3| 3| 8| 3| 6| 1| 2| 0| 3| 7| 3| 2| 3| 8| 9|             
                                           | 5| 4| 5| 6| 9| 4| 5| 4| 5| 1| 8| 4| 0| 4| 3| 9| 2| 1| 2| 1| 4| 9| 4| 0| 1|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    0.3                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM - cont              |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Adrenal Cortex                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          | 2  2     2  2           2        2  2  2  2  2        2  2        2      |             
      Hypertrophy                          |                                        1                                4|             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |             
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            |                                                                      2   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Adrenal Medulla                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |             4     3     2  2        3              4  3  1     2     3  1|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Islets, Pancreatic                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Parathyroid Gland                       | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                                      2   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pituitary Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           |                               3                       2                  |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Thyroid Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  |    3     1  1     1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1        1  1  2     1  1   |             
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 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Peritoneum                              |                                                                          |             
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 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Epididymis                              | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Granuloma Sperm                      |       3           3                                                      |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Preputial Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                               3                       2           2      |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Prostate                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |    1                                                  2                 3|             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |             2                 2  2                                       |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Seminal Vesicle                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Testes                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |          4                                                           3   |             
      Artery, Inflammation, Chronic Active |                                                                          |             
      Interstitial Cell, Hyperplasia       | 2        2  1                          1              1                  |             
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 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                3         |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node                              |                   +           +              +  +  +                     |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | +  +  M  +  +  M  +  M  +  M  M  M  +  +  M  +  M  M  +  +  +  +  M  +  M|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +|             
      Hemorrhage                           |                                                                          |             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 7| 7| 7| 6| 5| 5| 4| 7| 7| 6| 6| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 4| 7| 6| 7| 6| 6|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 3| 4| 7| 5| 7| 3| 3| 7| 3| 3| 8| 3| 6| 1| 2| 0| 3| 7| 3| 2| 3| 8| 9|             
                                           | 5| 4| 5| 6| 9| 4| 5| 4| 5| 1| 8| 4| 0| 4| 3| 9| 2| 1| 2| 1| 4| 9| 4| 0| 1|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    0.3                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM - cont               |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Spleen                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Accessory Spleen                     |                                                                          |             
      Fibrosis                             |       3           2  1           2     2  3        3                 3   |             
      Hematopoietic Cell Proliferation     |                                     2                                    |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Thymus                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Mammary Gland                           | +  +  +  M  M  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  M  M  M  M  +  M  +  M|             
      Galactocele                          |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  I  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  I  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Chronic                |                                                             1            |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                                          |             
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 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperostosis                         |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Skeletal Muscle                         |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Developmental Malformation           |                                                                          |             
      Gliosis                              |                                                                          |             
      Mineralization                       |                                                                          |             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Larynx                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Epiglottis, Metaplasia, Squamous     | 1           1  1     1        1     1     1                              |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lung                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Infiltration Cellular, Histiocyte    |                               2                                          |             
      Metaplasia, Squamous                 |    1                                                                     |             
      Proteinosis                          |    1  1  1     2     1  1     1     1           2                    2   |             
      Thrombosis                           |             3                                                            |             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia,    |                                                                          |             
           Atypical                        |                                                                      2   |             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     | 4        1        1     3     2  4                 1  3           1  2  1|             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Metaplasia      | 2  2  2  1  2  2  1  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  1  1  2  2  2  3  2|             
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous| 2  2  2  2  2  2  1  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  3  2|             
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               | 2  2  2  1  2  2  1  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  1  1  2  2  2  3  2|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Suppurative            | 1        2  1              3  2           2  2     2                 2   |             
      Thrombosis                           |             3                             3  4  1  1           4        4|             
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            |          1                 2  1           2  2  2              1     1   |             
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   |                            1        1           2                        |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                                             Page  41                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 7| 7| 7| 6| 5| 5| 4| 7| 7| 6| 6| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 4| 7| 6| 7| 6| 6|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 3| 4| 7| 5| 7| 3| 3| 7| 3| 3| 8| 3| 6| 1| 2| 0| 3| 7| 3| 2| 3| 8| 9|             
                                           | 5| 4| 5| 6| 9| 4| 5| 4| 5| 1| 8| 4| 0| 4| 3| 9| 2| 1| 2| 1| 4| 9| 4| 0| 1|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    0.3                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - cont                 |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        |                   3  1           2  1     2        1  1  1  2           1|             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     |                   3                                                      |             
      Respiratory Epithelium, Hyperplasia, |                                                                          |             
           Focal                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Trachea                                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
    None                                   |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Kidney                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hydronephrosis                       |                                                                          |             
      Infarct                              |                                                 1                        |             
      Nephropathy                          | 4  3  4  2  2  3  1  4  3  2  2  3  2  3  3  4  2  4  4  3  4  2  4  4  4|             
      Renal Tubule, Hyperplasia            |       2                                                           2      |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Urinary Bladder                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                                             Page  42                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 5| 6| 5| 6| 6| 6| 4| 7| 7| 6| 5| 7| 6| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 6| 4| 6| 6| 5| 6|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 2| 8| 9| 7| 1| 7| 4| 0| 3| 3| 0| 4| 3| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 5| 9| 3| 6| 8| 4|            |
                                           | 9| 9| 4| 6| 0| 8| 9| 8| 5| 4| 0| 1| 4| 1| 1| 5| 1| 4| 4| 2| 5| 8| 9| 9| 5|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|      A     |
    0.3                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|  49        |
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                       2                  |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Liver                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Angiectasis                          |                                                                          |      1  1.0|
      Basophilic Focus                     |       X           X        X           X     X  X     X                  |     16     |
      Clear Cell Focus                     |                            X           X     X                           |      5     |
      Degeneration, Cystic                 |          2  2              1                    1                        |     11  1.9|
      Degeneration, Fatty                  | 2                                2                                   1   |      5  2.2|
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           |                X                             X  X                        |      4     |
      Mixed Cell Focus                     |                X                    X                                    |      3     |
      Necrosis                             |                                  3                                       |      2  2.5|
      Regeneration                         |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
      Thrombosis                           |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               | 2  3     3        2  2  3  2  3     2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3     2  2     3|     42  2.1|
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              | 1  1     1        2     1     2        2  1     2        2              1|     19  1.6|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Mesentery                               | +  +                 +           +  +  +           +              +      |  14        |
      Fat, Necrosis                        | 2  3                                2  2           3                     |     11  2.5|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pancreas                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Angiectasis                          |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
      Atrophy                              | 1  2  3     2           1           2     2  2  1     1  2               |     25  1.8|
      Basophilic Focus                     |                                                                          |      2     |
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
      Metaplasia, Hepatocyte               |          2                                                               |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Atrophy                              |          2                                                               |      2  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia, Basal Cell              |                                                                   2      |      1  2.0|
      Hyperplasia, Squamous                |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Necrosis                             | 1              3              3                                          |      5  2.4|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Glandular                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Inflammation, Acute                  |                                                                          |      1  1.0|
      Mineralization                       |                                                                          |      2  1.0|
      Necrosis                             |                               3                                          |      2  3.0|
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 5| 6| 5| 6| 6| 6| 4| 7| 7| 6| 5| 7| 6| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 6| 4| 6| 6| 5| 6|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 2| 8| 9| 7| 1| 7| 4| 0| 3| 3| 0| 4| 3| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 5| 9| 3| 6| 8| 4|            |
                                           | 9| 9| 4| 6| 0| 8| 9| 8| 5| 4| 0| 1| 4| 1| 1| 5| 1| 4| 4| 2| 5| 8| 9| 9| 5|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|      A     |
    0.3                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM - cont                  |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Cardiomyopathy                       | 1  1  2  2  2  1  1     2  1  2  1  1  2     1  2  1  2  1  1  2  2  1  2|     46  1.6|
      Atrium, Thrombosis                   |          2                                                               |      4  2.5|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Cortex                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia                          | 1     2        2        2           2  2     2  2  2  2        2         |     24  2.0|
      Hypertrophy                          |                         2  3              1                              |      5  2.2|
      Necrosis                             | 2                                                                        |      1  2.0|
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            |                                        1                 2        2      |      4  1.8|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Medulla                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia                          | 2     2  2              3     2  3     3  2        2     3        2     3|     23  2.5|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Islets, Pancreatic                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia                          |                                           3                              |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Parathyroid Gland                       | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pituitary Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           | 2                    2                                         2         |      5  2.2|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thyroid Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  | 2  1              2        1     1     1  1     2  1  1  2  1  1     1   |     32  1.2|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Peritoneum                              |                                  +              +                        |   2        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Epididymis                              | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Granuloma Sperm                      |                                                                      2   |      3  2.7|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Preputial Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         | 2  3     3                    2                       2     3           3|     10  2.5|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Prostate                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia                          |       2                    1                 3     2        1            |      8  1.9|
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                            2                                             |      4  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Seminal Vesicle                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Testes                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Atrophy                              |       4                                      3                           |      4  3.5|
      Artery, Inflammation, Chronic Active |                2                                                         |      1  2.0|
      Interstitial Cell, Hyperplasia       |                2     1        2                                      2  1|     10  1.5|
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 5| 6| 5| 6| 6| 6| 4| 7| 7| 6| 5| 7| 6| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 6| 4| 6| 6| 5| 6|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 2| 8| 9| 7| 1| 7| 4| 0| 3| 3| 0| 4| 3| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 5| 9| 3| 6| 8| 4|            |
                                           | 9| 9| 4| 6| 0| 8| 9| 8| 5| 4| 0| 1| 4| 1| 1| 5| 1| 4| 4| 2| 5| 8| 9| 9| 5|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|      A     |
    0.3                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 GENITAL SYSTEM - cont                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node                              |    +              +                                      +              +|   9        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | +  M  M  +  M  +  M  M  M  +  +  M  M  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  30        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +|  46        |
      Hemorrhage                           |                                  3                                       |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Spleen                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Accessory Spleen                     |                         X                                                |      1     |
      Fibrosis                             |                   2        2        2        2  3  2  2        2         |     16  2.3|
      Hematopoietic Cell Proliferation     |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thymus                                  | +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  M  +  M  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +|  42        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Mammary Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  M  M  M  +  +  +  +  M  +  M  +|  34        |
      Galactocele                          |                   3                                                      |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Inflammation, Chronic                |                                                                          |      1  1.0|
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                        2                       2         |      2  2.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperostosis                         | 2                                                        2               |      2  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Skeletal Muscle                         |                      +           +                                       |   2        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Developmental Malformation           |                                              X                           |      1     |
      Gliosis                              |                                                                      3   |      1  3.0|
      Mineralization                       |                                              2                           |      1  2.0|
      Necrosis                             |          2                                                               |      1  2.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Larynx                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +|  49        |
      Epiglottis, Metaplasia, Squamous     |       1     1                       4                                    |     10  1.3|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lung                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
                                                             Page  45                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 6| 5| 6| 5| 6| 6| 6| 4| 7| 7| 6| 5| 7| 6| 6| 7| 6| 7| 7| 6| 4| 6| 6| 5| 6|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 2| 8| 9| 7| 1| 7| 4| 0| 3| 3| 0| 4| 3| 3| 3| 3| 8| 3| 3| 5| 9| 3| 6| 8| 4|            |
                                           | 9| 9| 4| 6| 0| 8| 9| 8| 5| 4| 0| 1| 4| 1| 1| 5| 1| 4| 4| 2| 5| 8| 9| 9| 5|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|      A     |
    0.3                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - cont                 |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Infiltration Cellular, Histiocyte    |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Metaplasia, Squamous                 |                                                                          |      1  1.0|
      Proteinosis                          |    2  2  1        2                          1     1                     |     16  1.4|
      Thrombosis                           |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia,    |                                                                          |            |
           Atypical                        |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     | 2  2                       3     1                    1  2     1     2  2|     20  2.0|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Metaplasia      | 2  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  1  2  2  2|     50  1.9|
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous| 2  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  1  2  2  2|     50  1.9|
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               | 2  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  1  2  2  2|     50  1.9|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |             1  1                       2                    1  4  1      |     15  1.8|
      Thrombosis                           | 1  2     3              4     4        1  3              3     3  1     3|     18  2.7|
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            |                1        2              1                 1     1        1|     14  1.4|
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   |                                                                          |      3  1.3|
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        |       1     1  1        1  2  2     1           2  1        1  1  3  1  1|     24  1.4|
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
      Respiratory Epithelium, Hyperplasia, |                                                                          |            |
           Focal                           |             2                                                            |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Trachea                                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
    None                                   |                                                                          |            |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Kidney                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hydronephrosis                       |                      4                                                   |      1  4.0|
      Infarct                              |                                                                          |      1  1.0|
      Nephropathy                          | 2  2  3  2  3  3  3     4  4  2  2  3  2  2  2  4  2  4  3  4  2  3  2  2|     49  2.9|
      Renal Tubule, Hyperplasia            |                            3                    2                        |      4  2.3|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Urinary Bladder                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
                                                             Page  46                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 5| 7| 5| 7| 7| 4| 6| 7| 6| 7| 6| 5| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 2| 5| 5| 7| 6| 6|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 8| 3| 8| 3| 1| 3| 9| 3| 1| 3| 5| 3| 5| 3| 3| 3| 5| 0| 3| 7| 0| 2| 3| 7| 7|             
                                           | 2| 4| 1| 4| 3| 5| 4| 4| 1| 4| 2| 4| 7| 4| 4| 5| 4| 9| 4| 2| 9| 6| 5| 8| 3|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4|             
    1.0                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |                         4                                                |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Liver                                   | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Basophilic Focus                     | X                 X        X        X  X  X  X                       X  X|             
      Clear Cell Focus                     |    X     X                                X                       X      |             
      Degeneration, Cystic                 |                   2     2        1        1  2  1                    3  2|             
      Degeneration, Fatty                  | 1                                                              3         |             
      Eosinophilic Focus                   |    X                                                                     |             
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           |                                                                          |             
      Mixed Cell Focus                     |                                                                      X   |             
      Necrosis                             |                   2                                                      |             
      Regeneration                         |                                                                          |             
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               |          1  2     1  2  2     1  2  1  1  1  2  2  3  3     2        3  2|             
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              |                2     2                                                   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Mesentery                               |    +  +           +                 +        +                          +|             
      Fat, Hemorrhage                      |                                                                          |             
      Fat, Necrosis                        |    2  2                             2        4                          3|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pancreas                                | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |          2              1  1        3        1  2  2        2  1  2  2   |             
      Basophilic Focus                     |    X                                                  X                  |             
      Hyperplasia                          | 2        2                       2                                       |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Necrosis                             |             3           3        2     3                       2     1   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Stomach, Glandular                      | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Mineralization                       |                                                                         1|             
      Necrosis                             |                3                 3                                   3   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Tooth                                   |                                                                          |             
      Developmental Malformation           |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cardiomyopathy                       | 1  2  2  1  1     2  2  2     1     1  2  2  2  1  1  2  2  1  2  2  2  2|             
      Atrium, Thrombosis                   |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Adrenal Cortex                          | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          | 1  2        2     2        2  1  2     2     2  2  1  2  2        2      |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                                             Page  47                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 5| 7| 5| 7| 7| 4| 6| 7| 6| 7| 6| 5| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 2| 5| 5| 7| 6| 6|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 8| 3| 8| 3| 1| 3| 9| 3| 1| 3| 5| 3| 5| 3| 3| 3| 5| 0| 3| 7| 0| 2| 3| 7| 7|             
                                           | 2| 4| 1| 4| 3| 5| 4| 4| 1| 4| 2| 4| 7| 4| 4| 5| 4| 9| 4| 2| 9| 6| 5| 8| 3|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4|             
    1.0                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM - cont                   |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
      Hypertrophy                          |                            2                                             |             
      Thrombosis                           |                                                                3         |             
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            |                   2                                            4         |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Adrenal Medulla                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |    3     3  3     3     3  2  2  2        3  2  2  2  1     3     1  2   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Islets, Pancreatic                      | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Parathyroid Gland                       | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |                   2  2                                                   |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pituitary Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           |          3                                                        1      |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Thyroid Gland                           | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  |    2     1  4  1  1  2        1     1     1  2  1  2  1     1     3  1  1|             
      Follicular Cell, Hyperplasia         |                                                                          |             
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 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Peritoneum                              |                                                                          |             
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 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Epididymis                              | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Preputial Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                                3         |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Prostate                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |                                           1     2                 3      |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                             3            |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Seminal Vesicle                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                   2                                                      |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Testes                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |    4                                                           3         |             
      Artery, Inflammation, Chronic Active |                      2                                                   |             
      Interstitial Cell, Hyperplasia       |                            2        1              1                     |             
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 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node                              |             +                    +                 +                 +   |             
      Pancreatic, Ectasia                  |                                                                          |             
      Renal, Hemorrhage                    |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  M  +  +  M  +  +  +  M  +  M  M  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |                         3                                                |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  M|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  +  A  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Spleen                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Accessory Spleen                     |                                                 X                        |             
      Depletion Cellular                   |                                                                3         |             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
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                                           | 5| 7| 5| 7| 7| 4| 6| 7| 6| 7| 6| 5| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 2| 5| 5| 7| 6| 6|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 8| 3| 8| 3| 1| 3| 9| 3| 1| 3| 5| 3| 5| 3| 3| 3| 5| 0| 3| 7| 0| 2| 3| 7| 7|             
                                           | 2| 4| 1| 4| 3| 5| 4| 4| 1| 4| 2| 4| 7| 4| 4| 5| 4| 9| 4| 2| 9| 6| 5| 8| 3|             
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                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4|             
    1.0                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
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 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM - cont               |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
      Fibrosis                             |             3     3  3  2                             2              2   |             
      Hematopoietic Cell Proliferation     |                                                                          |             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Thymus                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Mammary Gland                           | +  M  M  +  M  +  +  +  M  M  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M|             
      Hyperplasia, Atypical                |                               2                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Chronic                |                                                                          |             
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 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Fibrous Osteodystrophy               |                   1                                                      |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Skeletal Muscle                         |                                                                      +   |             
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 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Gliosis                              |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Spinal Cord                             |                +                                                         |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Larynx                                  | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  I  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Epiglottis, Metaplasia, Squamous     | 2  1     2  1  1  3  3  3  2     1  1  2     1  3  1  2        4     1  2|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lung                                    | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia, Atypical                |                                                                          |             
      Infiltration Cellular, Histiocyte    |                                  2                                       |             
      Metaplasia, Squamous                 |                                           2  1                    2      |             
      Proteinosis                          | 3  3     3  1  1  3     2  3  3  2  2  2  3  2  3  1     1        3  3  2|             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia,    |                                                                          |             
           Atypical                        |                                                                          |             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     |          1  3     1  1  3  3        1  1  3  3                       2   |             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Metaplasia      | 4  3     3  3  2  3  3  3  3  3  2  3  3  4  3  3  3  3  1  3  3  3  2  3|             
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous| 4  3     3  3  2  3  3  3  3  3  2  3  3  4  3  3  3  3  2  3  3  3  3  3|             
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               | 4  3     3  3  2  3  3  3  3  3  2  3  3  4  3  3  3  3  1  3  3  3  2  3|             
      Mediastinum, Inflammation,           |                                                                          |             
          Suppurative                      |                         4                                                |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |       4     2                                                  2  1      |             
      Thrombosis                           |                                                    4                     |             
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            |                      2  1              1  1        1           1  2  2  1|             
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   |                                  1                          1        1   |             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        | 1  1     1  3        1  1  1  1  1  2  1  1  2  2  2  1     1  1  2  2  1|             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     | 1           3                       1              2                     |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
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                                           | 5| 7| 5| 7| 7| 4| 6| 7| 6| 7| 6| 5| 6| 7| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 2| 5| 5| 7| 6| 6|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 8| 3| 8| 3| 1| 3| 9| 3| 1| 3| 5| 3| 5| 3| 3| 3| 5| 0| 3| 7| 0| 2| 3| 7| 7|             
                                           | 2| 4| 1| 4| 3| 5| 4| 4| 1| 4| 2| 4| 7| 4| 4| 5| 4| 9| 4| 2| 9| 6| 5| 8| 3|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4|             
    1.0                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
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 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - cont                 |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
      Respiratory Epithelium, Hyperplasia, |                                                                          |             
           Focal                           |                         2                          3           2         |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Trachea                                 | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Eye                                     |                                                       +                  |             
      Cataract                             |                                                       4                  |             
      Retina, Atrophy                      |                                                       4                  |             
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 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Kidney                                  | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Infarct                              |                                                                          |             
      Nephropathy                          | 4  3     3  3  1  4  4  3  3  3  1  3  4  3  4  4  2  3  1  1  4  2  4  4|             
      Thrombosis                           |                                                                4         |             
      Renal Tubule, Hyperplasia            |                                        3                                 |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Urinary Bladder                         | +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 6| 7| 7| 6| 4| 6| 6| 6| 7| 7| 5| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7| 6|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 7| 3| 3| 3| 3| 2| 3| 8| 3| 3| 3| 6| 7| 9| 4| 3| 3| 1| 3| 1| 3| 3| 3| 4|            |
                                           | 4| 3| 5| 4| 4| 4| 9| 2| 1| 4| 4| 1| 7| 1| 9| 2| 4| 4| 8| 4| 1| 5| 0| 4| 9|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4|      A     |
    1.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
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 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Liver                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Basophilic Focus                     | X     X     X     X     X     X  X     X        X  X     X     X     X  X|     23     |
      Clear Cell Focus                     |                               X                    X              X  X   |      8     |
      Degeneration, Cystic                 | 1     2  2        2           2  2              2        2               |     16  1.8|
      Degeneration, Fatty                  |                   2     2                                               1|      5  1.8|
      Eosinophilic Focus                   |             X                                            X               |      3     |
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           |                   X     X              X                             X   |      4     |
      Mixed Cell Focus                     |       X              X              X                                    |      4     |
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Regeneration                         |                            2                                             |      1  2.0|
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               |    2  2     2  3  1  1  3  3  1  2     2     2  2        2  2  1     2   |     34  1.9|
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              |                3        2                    1                           |      5  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Mesentery                               |                            +  +  +        +           +                  |  11        |
      Fat, Hemorrhage                      |                                                       2                  |      1  2.0|
      Fat, Necrosis                        |                            2  2  3        3                              |      9  2.6|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pancreas                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Atrophy                              |       2     4           1     2  1        1  1  2           2            |     20  1.8|
      Basophilic Focus                     |    X  X                       X                                X         |      6     |
      Hyperplasia                          |       2                                                                  |      4  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Necrosis                             |                   4  2                                      2     4      |     10  2.6|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Glandular                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Mineralization                       |                                                                          |      1  1.0|
      Necrosis                             |                         2                          1                     |      5  2.4|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Tooth                                   |                            +                                             |   1        |
      Developmental Malformation           |                            X                                             |      1     |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Cardiomyopathy                       | 1  3  1  2  1     1  1  1  3  1     2  3  2  2  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  3  1|     45  1.7|
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 6| 7| 7| 6| 4| 6| 6| 6| 7| 7| 5| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7| 6|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 7| 3| 3| 3| 3| 2| 3| 8| 3| 3| 3| 6| 7| 9| 4| 3| 3| 1| 3| 1| 3| 3| 3| 4|            |
                                           | 4| 3| 5| 4| 4| 4| 9| 2| 1| 4| 4| 1| 7| 1| 9| 2| 4| 4| 8| 4| 1| 5| 0| 4| 9|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4|      A     |
    1.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
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 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM - cont              |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Atrium, Thrombosis                   |                                                                         3|      1  3.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Cortex                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Hyperplasia                          |             1     2     2  2  2           2     2        2  2  1  2     2|     26  1.8|
      Hypertrophy                          |       2        2                                   2     1               |      5  1.8|
      Thrombosis                           |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            |                                                             2            |      3  2.7|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Medulla                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Hyperplasia                          |    2           3  1     1     2  2        2  1  3        3  1        2  2|     29  2.1|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Islets, Pancreatic                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Parathyroid Gland                       | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                                   3      |      3  2.3|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pituitary Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           |       3                                         3                        |      4  2.5|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thyroid Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  | 2  1  1  1     2     1     3     1  2        1  1  1        1  1     1   |     32  1.4|
      Follicular Cell, Hyperplasia         |          2                                                               |      1  2.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Peritoneum                              |                                                                         +|   1        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Epididymis                              | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Preputial Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         | 1           2                                                            |      3  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Prostate                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Hyperplasia                          | 2                                               1                        |      5  1.8|
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Seminal Vesicle                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Testes                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Atrophy                              |             3  3     3                                                   |      5  3.2|
      Artery, Inflammation, Chronic Active |                      2                                                   |      2  2.0|
      Interstitial Cell, Hyperplasia       |                2        2                                            2   |      6  1.7|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node                              |    +           +           +                             +        +      |   9        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 6| 7| 7| 6| 4| 6| 6| 6| 7| 7| 5| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7| 6|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 7| 3| 3| 3| 3| 2| 3| 8| 3| 3| 3| 6| 7| 9| 4| 3| 3| 1| 3| 1| 3| 3| 3| 4|            |
                                           | 4| 3| 5| 4| 4| 4| 9| 2| 1| 4| 4| 1| 7| 1| 9| 2| 4| 4| 8| 4| 1| 5| 0| 4| 9|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4|      A     |
    1.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM - cont               |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Pancreatic, Ectasia                  |                                                          2               |      1  2.0|
      Renal, Hemorrhage                    |                                                                   3      |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  41        |
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +|  47        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  44        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Spleen                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Accessory Spleen                     |                                                                          |      1     |
      Depletion Cellular                   |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
      Fibrosis                             |          3  2  1                 2                 2                    2|     12  2.3|
      Hematopoietic Cell Proliferation     |                                                                         2|      1  2.0|
      Necrosis                             |                3                                                         |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thymus                                  | +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  47        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Mammary Gland                           | +  +  +  M  M  +  +  +  M  +  M  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  M  +  +  +|  36        |
      Hyperplasia, Atypical                |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Inflammation, Chronic                | 3                                                                        |      1  3.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Fibrous Osteodystrophy               |                                                                   3      |      2  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Skeletal Muscle                         |                                                                          |   1        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Gliosis                              |                                           2                              |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Spinal Cord                             |                                                                          |   1        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Larynx                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Epiglottis, Metaplasia, Squamous     | 1  2  3  2        1  1     1  2  1  1        1     2  2  3  1     3  2  1|     37  1.8|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lung                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Hyperplasia, Atypical                |                               2                                          |      1  2.0|
      Infiltration Cellular, Histiocyte    |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Metaplasia, Squamous                 |    3                                                                     |      4  2.0|
      Proteinosis                          | 2     3  2  3     3  3        3  1  3  2  2  2  2  3     2  1  2  2  1  3|     40  2.3|
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 6| 7| 7| 6| 4| 6| 6| 6| 7| 7| 5| 7| 6| 7| 6| 7| 6|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 7| 3| 3| 3| 3| 2| 3| 8| 3| 3| 3| 6| 7| 9| 4| 3| 3| 1| 3| 1| 3| 3| 3| 4|            |
                                           | 4| 3| 5| 4| 4| 4| 9| 2| 1| 4| 4| 1| 7| 1| 9| 2| 4| 4| 8| 4| 1| 5| 0| 4| 9|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4|      A     |
    1.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - cont                 |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia,    |                                                                          |            |
           Atypical                        |                   4                                                     2|      2  3.0|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     |          1        3  2     4              2        1     2           2  2|     20  2.1|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Metaplasia      | 3  3  3  3  4  3  4  3  3  3  4  3  4  3  4  3  3  4     3  3  3  3  2  4|     48  3.1|
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous| 3  3  3  3  4  3  4  3  3  3  4  3  4  3  4  3  3  4     3  3  3  3  2  4|     48  3.1|
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               | 3  3  3  3  4  3  4  3  3  3  4  3  4  3  4  3  3  4     3  3  3  3  2  4|     48  3.1|
      Mediastinum, Inflammation,           |                                                                          |            |
          Suppurative                      |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |                                                 3                        |      5  2.4|
      Thrombosis                           |                4        1                                                |      3  3.0|
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            |    2     1  1  2  1     2     2              2  2                 1  2  1|     21  1.5|
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   |                                                 2           2            |      5  1.4|
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        |    3  2  1  2  3  3  1  1  2  1  2  2  3  1  1     1     1  2  2     1  1|     42  1.5|
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     |                                                 2                        |      5  1.8|
      Respiratory Epithelium, Hyperplasia, |                                                                          |            |
           Focal                           |                                                                          |      3  2.3|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Trachea                                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Eye                                     |                                                                          |   1        |
      Cataract                             |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
      Retina, Atrophy                      |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Kidney                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
      Infarct                              |                                                                         4|      1  4.0|
      Nephropathy                          | 4  3  3  4  4  2  4  4  3  4  4  3  3  2  4  2  3  4     4  2  4  4  2  2|     48  3.1|
      Thrombosis                           |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
      Renal Tubule, Hyperplasia            |                                                 1                        |      2  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Urinary Bladder                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________              
                                           | 5| 7| 7| 5| 6| 7| 5| 6| 7| 6| 7| 4| 6| 6| 4| 7| 7| 5| 5| 5| 5| 7| 6| 6| 5|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 8| 3| 3| 4| 9| 0| 1| 6| 3| 8| 3| 6| 4| 3| 6| 3| 3| 2| 7| 6| 3| 2| 4| 3| 9|             
                                           | 9| 5| 5| 5| 4| 6| 1| 9| 4| 0| 4| 3| 6| 2| 3| 4| 4| 6| 9| 2| 4| 0| 3| 8| 3|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6|             
    3.0                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  I  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Liver                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Angiectasis                          |                      1                                                   |             
      Basophilic Focus                     |    X  X           X  X  X     X     X        X  X                    X  X|             
      Clear Cell Focus                     |    X                    X                    X                           |             
      Degeneration, Cystic                 |    1        1           2           1                                1   |             
      Degeneration, Fatty                  |                                                                         2|             
      Eosinophilic Focus                   |                                     X                 X                  |             
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           |             X  X                                            X            |             
      Mixed Cell Focus                     |    X                 X     X                    X                        |             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                1         |             
      Regeneration                         |                                                       3                  |             
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               | 2  1        2     1  1  1  1  1        3  2  1  1  2  3  2  2  1  1  2   |             
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              |          3     2                       1  1        1  1  1  1            |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Mesentery                               |             +                       +     +  +           +        +     +|             
      Fat, Necrosis                        |             2                       2        2           2        3     2|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pancreas                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              | 2  2  2     1  2  2  1  3     2     1  1           3  2  1           2   |             
      Basophilic Focus                     |                                                                          |             
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Atrophy                              |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Necrosis                             | 3                                                                       3|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Stomach, Glandular                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Mineralization                       |                                                                          |             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                         1|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Tongue                                  |    +                          +                                          |             
      Hyperplasia, Squamous                |    3                                                                     |             
      Epithelium, Cyst                     |                               3                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Tooth                                   |                                                                          |             
      Developmental Malformation           |                                                                          |             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Blood Vessel                            |                                                                          |             
      Aorta, Mineralization                |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cardiomyopathy                       |    3  3     1  2        2  1  3     1     1  3  3     2  2     2  2  2  1|             
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
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                                           | 5| 7| 7| 5| 6| 7| 5| 6| 7| 6| 7| 4| 6| 6| 4| 7| 7| 5| 5| 5| 5| 7| 6| 6| 5|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 8| 3| 3| 4| 9| 0| 1| 6| 3| 8| 3| 6| 4| 3| 6| 3| 3| 2| 7| 6| 3| 2| 4| 3| 9|             
                                           | 9| 5| 5| 5| 4| 6| 1| 9| 4| 0| 4| 3| 6| 2| 3| 4| 4| 6| 9| 2| 4| 0| 3| 8| 3|             
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                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6|             
    3.0                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
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 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM - cont              |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
      Atrium, Thrombosis                   | 1                                                        2  1            |             
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 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Adrenal Cortex                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |    2  2     1  2           2           2     2  2     2        2     1   |             
      Hypertrophy                          |       2              1  1                       3              2         |             
      Necrosis                             |                2                                                         |             
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            |                                                                   1      |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Adrenal Medulla                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cyst                                 |                                                                          |             
      Hyperplasia                          |             2     3  2  2           2  3     2  2     2  3  2  3     2  1|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Islets, Pancreatic                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Parathyroid Gland                       | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Pituitary Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           |    2     3              1              2                                 |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Thyroid Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  |       1  1     1           2  1  1  1  1  1  1     1  1  1     1  1  1   |             
      Follicular Cell, Hyperplasia         |                                                                          |             
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 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
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   Peritoneum                              |                                                 +                        |             
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 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Epididymis                              | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Penis                                   | +                                                                        |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Preputial Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                     1  3  3                    2         |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Prostate                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hyperplasia                          |             2                 3                 3                        |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                            2                                             |             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Seminal Vesicle                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Testes                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Artery, Inflammation, Chronic Active |    2                                                              2      |             
      Interstitial Cell, Hyperplasia       |    2        2  1                                   2     2               |             
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 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node                              | +                    +                 +           +     +  +            |             
      Iliac, Ectasia                       |                                                                          |             
      Iliac, Hemorrhage                    |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
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                                           | 5| 7| 7| 5| 6| 7| 5| 6| 7| 6| 7| 4| 6| 6| 4| 7| 7| 5| 5| 5| 5| 7| 6| 6| 5|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 8| 3| 3| 4| 9| 0| 1| 6| 3| 8| 3| 6| 4| 3| 6| 3| 3| 2| 7| 6| 3| 2| 4| 3| 9|             
                                           | 9| 5| 5| 5| 4| 6| 1| 9| 4| 0| 4| 3| 6| 2| 3| 4| 4| 6| 9| 2| 4| 0| 3| 8| 3|             
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                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6|             
    3.0                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
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 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM - cont               |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +|             
      Infiltration Cellular, Plasma Cell   |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Hemorrhage                           |          2                                                               |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Spleen                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Accessory Spleen                     |                                                                          |             
      Fibrosis                             |    2        3                                            2           2   |             
      Hyperplasia, Focal                   |                                                                          |             
      Necrosis                             |                                                             2            |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Thymus                                  | +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
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 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Mammary Gland                           | M  +  +  M  +  M  M  +  M  +  +  M  M  M  M  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Galactocele                          |                            3                                             |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Chronic                |                                                                          |             
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                3                                                         |             
      Subcutaneous Tissue, Edema           |                               4                                          |             
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 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Skeletal Muscle                         |                                                                          |             
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 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
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 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Larynx                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Epiglottis, Metaplasia, Squamous     | 3  3  3  2  3  3  3  2  3  3  1  2  3  3  3  3  2  3  2  3  3  3  3  2  3|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Lung                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cyst                                 |                                                                          |             
      Foreign Body                         |                                                                         X|             
      Hyperplasia, Atypical                |                      3                                                   |             
      Infiltration Cellular, Histiocyte    |                                                    2                     |             
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |                                                                          |             
      Metaplasia, Squamous                 |                2                                                         |             
      Mineralization                       |                                                                          |             
      Proteinosis                          | 4  3  3  3  4  3  3  4  4  3  4  2  4  1  3  4  4  2  4  4  1  3  4     4|             
      Thrombosis                           |                                                                          |             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia,    |                                                                          |             
           Atypical                        |                            4                                             |             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     |    1  1  1  2  1     3  3           2        2  2                       2|             
      Alveolar Epithelium, Metaplasia      |    4  3  3  4  4  3  4  4  4  4  3  4  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  2  4  4  2  4|             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
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                                           | 5| 7| 7| 5| 6| 7| 5| 6| 7| 6| 7| 4| 6| 6| 4| 7| 7| 5| 5| 5| 5| 7| 6| 6| 5|             
                             DAY ON TEST   | 8| 3| 3| 4| 9| 0| 1| 6| 3| 8| 3| 6| 4| 3| 6| 3| 3| 2| 7| 6| 3| 2| 4| 3| 9|             
                                           | 9| 5| 5| 5| 4| 6| 1| 9| 4| 0| 4| 3| 6| 2| 3| 4| 4| 6| 9| 2| 4| 0| 3| 8| 3|             
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                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|             
                               ANIMAL ID   | 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6|             
    3.0                                    | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2|             
    MG/M3                                  | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5|             
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 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - cont                 |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous| 3  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  4  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  3  4  4  2  4|             
      Artery, Mediastinum, Mineralization  |                                                                          |             
      Bronchiole, Inflammation, Chronic    |                                                                          |             
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               |    3  4  3  4  4  3  4  4  4  4  3  4  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  2  4  4  2  4|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |                                     1                                    |             
      Thrombosis                           | 1                                         2        1  1                  |             
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            |    2  1        2              1     2           1     1     1  1        1|             
      Lateral Wall, Inflammation           |                                                                          |             
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   | 1                                   1                                    |             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        | 3  3  2  2  3  2  2  1  3  2  3  3  3  1  1  3  3  2  1  3  2  3  2  1  3|             
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     |    3  2  2  3     1     1  1  3     1        1  3        1     3  2     3|             
      Respiratory Epithelium, Hyperplasia, |                                                                          |             
           Focal                           |                                                          2        2      |             
      Respiratory Epithelium, Inflammation |       1                                                                  |             
      Respiratory Epithelium, Metaplasia,  |                                                                          |             
           Squamous                        |                2                                                         |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Trachea                                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Mineralization                       |                                                                          |             
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 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
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   Eye                                     |                                                                          |             
      Cataract                             |                                                                          |             
      Retina, Atrophy                      |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Zymbal's Gland                          |                                                                          |             
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 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |             
                                           |                                                                          |             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Kidney                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Cyst                                 |                                                                          |             
      Hydronephrosis                       |                                                                          |             
      Infarct                              |                                                          3  3            |             
      Nephropathy                          | 2  4  3  2  3  4  1  3  4  3  2  2  2  1  2  3  3  1  1  2  1  3  4  2  4|             
      Papilla, Necrosis                    |                                                                          |             
      Renal Tubule, Hyperplasia            |    1                                                                    3|             
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|             
   Urinary Bladder                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|             
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |             
      Transitional Epithelium, Hyperplasia |                                                                          |             
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NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
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                                           | 7| 7| 4| 7| 5| 6| 7| 6| 5| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6| 6| 7| 6| 6| 6| 6|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 0| 3| 6| 6| 3| 0| 8| 0| 3| 7| 3| 3| 3| 6| 3| 6| 7| 1| 3| 1| 9| 1| 9|            |
                                           | 5| 5| 1| 4| 2| 6| 4| 4| 6| 3| 5| 4| 4| 8| 4| 7| 4| 3| 3| 1| 4| 1| 3| 1| 2|      T (*) |
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                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6|      A     |
    3.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
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 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM                         |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Esophagus                               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Colon                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Rectum                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Large, Cecum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Duodenum               | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Jejunum                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Intestine Small, Ileum                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Liver                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Angiectasis                          |                                                                          |      1  1.0|
      Basophilic Focus                     | X        X     X                    X           X  X  X     X     X     X|     21     |
      Clear Cell Focus                     | X  X        X                                                            |      6     |
      Degeneration, Cystic                 |          1     3                                3     3                 2|     10  1.8|
      Degeneration, Fatty                  |       1                 2        2           2                          2|      6  1.8|
      Eosinophilic Focus                   |                                           X           X  X               |      5     |
      Hepatodiaphragmatic Nodule           |                                  X                    X        X         |      6     |
      Mixed Cell Focus                     |                                                 X                        |      5     |
      Necrosis                             |                                                                          |      1  1.0|
      Regeneration                         |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
      Bile Duct, Hyperplasia               | 1  2     1  1  3  1           2  1     3     2  2  3  3     1  3     3   |     35  1.8|
      Centrilobular, Necrosis              |                1                                   1           1         |     11  1.3|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Mesentery                               | +                 +           +     +                    +           +  +|  14        |
      Fat, Necrosis                        | 2                 3           3     2                    2           3  2|     13  2.3|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pancreas                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Atrophy                              | 3  3           1  1  1                 2        3  3  3  1  2     1  2   |     28  1.9|
      Basophilic Focus                     |          X        X                 X                                    |      3     |
      Hyperplasia                          | 3                                                                        |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Salivary Glands                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Atrophy                              |                                     2                                    |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Forestomach                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Necrosis                             |                                              3                           |      3  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Stomach, Glandular                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Mineralization                       |                                  2                                       |      1  2.0|
      Necrosis                             |                                              3                           |      2  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Tongue                                  |                                                                          |   2        |
      Hyperplasia, Squamous                |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
      Epithelium, Cyst                     |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Tooth                                   | +                                                                        |   1        |
      Developmental Malformation           | X                                                                        |      1     |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
                                                             Page  59                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 7| 7| 4| 7| 5| 6| 7| 6| 5| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6| 6| 7| 6| 6| 6| 6|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 0| 3| 6| 6| 3| 0| 8| 0| 3| 7| 3| 3| 3| 6| 3| 6| 7| 1| 3| 1| 9| 1| 9|            |
                                           | 5| 5| 1| 4| 2| 6| 4| 4| 6| 3| 5| 4| 4| 8| 4| 7| 4| 3| 3| 1| 4| 1| 3| 1| 2|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6|      A     |
    3.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM - cont              |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Blood Vessel                            |                                  +                                       |   1        |
      Aorta, Mineralization                |                                  3                                       |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Heart                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Cardiomyopathy                       | 2  1     1  2  1  3  1  1  2  2  2  2     3  2  2  2  2  1  2     2     1|     38  1.9|
      Atrium, Thrombosis                   |                                              4                           |      4  2.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM                          |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Cortex                          | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia                          | 2  1     2  2     3                 2     2  2           2  2  2  2  2   |     24  1.9|
      Hypertrophy                          |                                                                          |      5  1.8|
      Necrosis                             |                                  2                             4         |      3  2.7|
      Vacuolization Cytoplasmic            |                                        2                          2      |      3  1.7|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Adrenal Medulla                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Cyst                                 |                4                                                         |      1  4.0|
      Hyperplasia                          | 3        1     2  2  2     1  3           2  2  1        1  1  2  4  2  2|     30  2.1|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Islets, Pancreatic                      | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Parathyroid Gland                       | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Hyperplasia                          |                      3                                                   |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Pituitary Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Pars Distalis, Hyperplasia           |                3                                                         |      5  2.2|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thyroid Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      C-Cell, Hyperplasia                  | 1  3  1  1     1  3  1  3        1  1     2     1     1  1  2  1  2     1|     34  1.3|
      Follicular Cell, Hyperplasia         |                                     2                                    |      1  2.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENERAL BODY SYSTEM                       |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Peritoneum                              |                                                                          |   1        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 GENITAL SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Epididymis                              | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Penis                                   |                                                                      +   |   2        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Preputial Gland                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |       4              2           4        2  2     2           4     4   |     12  2.8|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Prostate                                | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Hyperplasia                          |    1        1                       2           3        2              1|      9  2.0|
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Necrosis                             |                                  4                                       |      1  4.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Seminal Vesicle                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  A  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Necrosis                             |                                  4                                       |      1  4.0|
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
                                                             Page  60                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 7| 7| 4| 7| 5| 6| 7| 6| 5| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6| 6| 7| 6| 6| 6| 6|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 0| 3| 6| 6| 3| 0| 8| 0| 3| 7| 3| 3| 3| 6| 3| 6| 7| 1| 3| 1| 9| 1| 9|            |
                                           | 5| 5| 1| 4| 2| 6| 4| 4| 6| 3| 5| 4| 4| 8| 4| 7| 4| 3| 3| 1| 4| 1| 3| 1| 2|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6|      A     |
    3.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 GENITAL SYSTEM - cont                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Testes                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Artery, Inflammation, Chronic Active | 2                                                                        |      3  2.0|
      Interstitial Cell, Hyperplasia       |       2              1  2                    2           1               |     10  1.7|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone Marrow                             | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node                              |                   +           +           +                              |   9        |
      Iliac, Ectasia                       |                   3                                                      |      1  3.0|
      Iliac, Hemorrhage                    |                                           1                              |      1  1.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Bronchial                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mandibular                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Infiltration Cellular, Plasma Cell   |       4                                                                  |      1  4.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mesenteric                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lymph Node, Mediastinal                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  49        |
      Hemorrhage                           |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Spleen                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Accessory Spleen                     |                                                    X                     |      1     |
      Fibrosis                             |                3     2        3     2  3        2  2              3     3|     13  2.5|
      Hyperplasia, Focal                   |                                                 4                        |      1  4.0|
      Necrosis                             |                3                                                         |      2  2.5|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Thymus                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  48        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM                      |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Mammary Gland                           | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  M  M  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  38        |
      Galactocele                          |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Skin                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Inflammation, Chronic                |                                           3                              |      1  3.0|
      Inflammation, Chronic Active         |             3           3                                                |      3  3.0|
      Subcutaneous Tissue, Edema           |                                                                          |      1  4.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM                    |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Bone                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Skeletal Muscle                         |                                                                +         |   1        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 NERVOUS SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Brain                                   | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                        |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Larynx                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
                                                             Page  61                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 7| 7| 4| 7| 5| 6| 7| 6| 5| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6| 6| 7| 6| 6| 6| 6|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 0| 3| 6| 6| 3| 0| 8| 0| 3| 7| 3| 3| 3| 6| 3| 6| 7| 1| 3| 1| 9| 1| 9|            |
                                           | 5| 5| 1| 4| 2| 6| 4| 4| 6| 3| 5| 4| 4| 8| 4| 7| 4| 3| 3| 1| 4| 1| 3| 1| 2|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6|      A     |
    3.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - cont                 |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
      Epiglottis, Metaplasia, Squamous     | 3  2  2  4  3  3  2  3  2  4  2  3  3  1  3  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  4  3  3|     50  2.8|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Lung                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Cyst                                 |                                              4                           |      1  4.0|
      Foreign Body                         |                                                                          |      1     |
      Hyperplasia, Atypical                |                                                                          |      1  3.0|
      Infiltration Cellular, Histiocyte    |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
      Inflammation, Suppurative            |                                                                         3|      1  3.0|
      Metaplasia, Squamous                 |                                              4                           |      2  3.0|
      Mineralization                       |                                  2                                       |      1  2.0|
      Proteinosis                          | 4  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  3  4  4  4  4  2  4  2     3  4  4  4     4  3  4|     47  3.4|
      Thrombosis                           |                                              3                           |      1  3.0|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia,    |                                                                          |            |
           Atypical                        |                                              4                           |      2  4.0|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Hyperplasia     | 3        2  1     3  2           1  2     1  1        3  4              2|     23  2.0|
      Alveolar Epithelium, Metaplasia      | 4  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  3  3  4  3  4  3  4  4  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4|     49  3.7|
      Alveolus, Inflammation, Granulomatous| 4  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  3  3  4  3  4  3  4  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4|     50  3.7|
      Artery, Mediastinum, Mineralization  |                                  2                                       |      1  2.0|
      Bronchiole, Inflammation, Chronic    |                   3                                                      |      1  3.0|
      Interstitium, Fibrosis               | 4  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  3  3  4  3  4  3  4  4  3  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  4|     49  3.7|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Nose                                    | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Inflammation, Suppurative            | 1                 2              3  3        2                           |      6  2.0|
      Thrombosis                           |                1                             4     1           2     1   |      9  1.6|
      Lateral Wall, Hyperplasia            |                   1  1           3  2        2     2  1     2  2  2      |     20  1.6|
      Lateral Wall, Inflammation           |                                                                   3      |      1  3.0|
      Lateral Wall, Metaplasia, Squamous   |                            3        3     3                 1     2     2|      8  2.0|
      Olfactory Epithelium, Atrophy        | 1  2  2  2  2  2  3  2  3     3  3  3  1  4  2  3  4  3  3     3  4  4  2|     48  2.5|
      Olfactory Epithelium, Metaplasia     | 1              1        2     1  1  2     3     2  3  2  2     1  3  3  1|     30  1.9|
      Respiratory Epithelium, Hyperplasia, |                                                                          |            |
           Focal                           |                                                                          |      2  2.0|
      Respiratory Epithelium, Inflammation |                                                                          |      1  1.0|
      Respiratory Epithelium, Metaplasia,  |                                                                          |            |
           Squamous                        |                                                                          |      1  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Trachea                                 | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Mineralization                       |                                  2                                       |      1  2.0|
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM                     |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Eye                                     |                                                 +                        |   1        |
      Cataract                             |                                                 3                        |      1  3.0|
      Retina, Atrophy                      |                                                 3                        |      1  3.0|
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
                                                             Page  62                                                               
NTP Experiment-Test: 05156-05                  NONNEOPLASTIC LESIONS BY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL                         Report: PEIRPT09
Study Type: CHRONIC                                    COBALT SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE                                Date: 07/25/96  
Route: RESPIRATORY EXPOSURE WHOLE BODY                                                                            Time: 10:49:52  
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                           | 7| 7| 4| 7| 5| 6| 7| 6| 5| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 7| 5| 7| 6| 6| 6| 7| 6| 6| 6| 6|            |
                             DAY ON TEST   | 3| 3| 0| 3| 6| 6| 3| 0| 8| 0| 3| 7| 3| 3| 3| 6| 3| 6| 7| 1| 3| 1| 9| 1| 9|            |
                                           | 5| 5| 1| 4| 2| 6| 4| 4| 6| 3| 5| 4| 4| 8| 4| 7| 4| 3| 3| 1| 4| 1| 3| 1| 2|      T (*) |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
                                           | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      O     |
   FISCHER 344 RATS MALE                   | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|      T     |
                               ANIMAL ID   | 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6|      A     |
    3.0                                    | 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5|      L     |
    MG/M3                                  | 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 0|            |
 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 SPECIAL SENSES SYSTEM - cont              |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Zymbal's Gland                          |       +                                      +                           |   2        |
 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|            |
 URINARY SYSTEM                            |                                                                          |            |
                                           |                                                                          |            |
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Kidney                                  | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Cyst                                 |                                           3                              |      1  3.0|
      Hydronephrosis                       |                                  2                                       |      1  2.0|
      Infarct                              |                                              2                           |      3  2.7|
      Nephropathy                          | 4  2  1  4  2  2  4  3  4  2  2  4  4  2  4  3  3  2  2  2  3  2  4  2  2|     50  2.6|
      Papilla, Necrosis                    |                                  2                                       |      1  2.0|
      Renal Tubule, Hyperplasia            |                                                                          |      2  2.0|
                                            __________________________________________________________________________|____________|
   Urinary Bladder                         | +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +  +|  50        |
      Necrosis                             |                                  4                                       |      1  4.0|
      Transitional Epithelium, Hyperplasia |                                                                         4|      1  4.0|
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  * : Total animals with tissue examined microscopically; total animals with lesion and mean severity grade                         
  + : Tissue examined microscopically                M : Missing tissue                        1-4 : Lesion qualified as:           
  X : Lesion present but not qualified               A : Autolysis precludes examination               1) Minimal  3) Moderate      
  I : Insufficient tissue                        BLANK : Not examined                                  2) Mild     4) Marked        
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