“…Similarly, a value of 5 would be obtained if all mice died at the end of the fifth day or if 2 died at the end of each of the fourth, fifth, and sixth days, leaving in the last 2 instances no survivors. The 7-day period of observation, considered adequate by Whitby (1,16,17,18) was found to be insufficient by others who observed a significant number of deaths between the second and fourth weeks of observation (3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 19, 20, 21). …”