Some effects of heated raid mat on albino rats

ABSTRACT

Forty adult albino rats were divided into four equal groups. Three groups were exposcd to heated Raid mat overnight [about 10 hours] daily for 4, 8, 12 weeks respectively, the fourth group was used as a control. At the end of the periods of exposure, blood was taken for haematological and enzymatic analysis, the liver was removed for histological and histochemical studies. It was found that the R B Cs count and HB% were statistically decreased while the total W B Cs count and lymphocytes were statistically increased, the serum enzymes [ALT, AST, AP] were statistically increased. These haematological and biochemical changes were time related with exposure. The histological and histochemical changes of the liver were more marked in the third group