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Male and female Fischer 344 rats (20\/sex\/group) were exposed 6 h\/day, 5 days\/week for 3 months to vapor concentrations of 0, 35, 122, 488, and 898 ppm D<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>. Also, an additional 10 per sex in the control and high-exposure groups were allowed a 4-week recovery period to observe reversibility, persistence, or delayed occurrence of any potential adverse effects. Body weights and food consumption were monitored at least twice weekly over the course of exposures. Approximately 18 hours preceding euthanasia, animals were transferred into metabolism cages for urine collection, and were fasted. At necropsy, rats were anesthetized with pentobarbital and euthanized by exsanguination. Blood was collected for hematological and clinical biochemical analyses. Selected organ weights were measured and a complete set of tissues was taken for histopathological examination. A concentration-dependent increase in absolute and relative liver weight (488 to 898 ppm) and a significant decrease in ovarian weight (898 ppm) were observed in female rats. Exposure to D<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub> via nose-only inhalation (35 to 898 ppm) produced minor alterations in hematological and serum chemistry parameters that were considered either incidental and of little toxicological significance (hematology) or suggestive of metabolic adaptation\/alteration (serum chemistry) in response to exposure-related hepatomegaly. There were no histopathological findings noted in the liver. Histopathological evidence indicated the primary target organs following D<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub> inhalation exposure to be components of the female reproductive tract. Reversible histopathological changes were observed in the ovary (hypoactivity) and vagina (mucification) of female rats in the high-dose group only (898 ppm). Although an increase in the incidence and severity of both macrophage accumulation, interstitial inflammation, and eosinophil infiltration was observed in the lungs of male and female rats exposed to D<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>, the toxicological significance is uncertain as other inhalation studies at similar concentrations failed to show these effects. In summary, nose-only inhalation of a high concentration of D<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub> resulted in reversible histopathological changes in the female rat reproductive tract. 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