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The experiments were carried out on 94 hamster females (765 live foetuses), 78 rats (724 foetuses) and 32 rabbits (237 foetuses). The commercial chlorfenvinphos (2-chloro-1-/2,4-dichlorphenyl/vinyl diethyl phosphate) and bromfenvinphos (2-bromo-1-/2-4-dichlorphenyl/vinyl diethyl phosphate) preparation were administered p.o., once or three times to pregnant animals in rape oil during the time of organogenesis. The animals were sacrificed two days before the term, and foetuses were examined according to experimental designs adopted for teratogenic studies. The results obtained indicate that bromfenvinphos possesses weaker embryotoxic properties than does chlorfenvinphos. No teratogenic action of bromfenvinphos for hamster and rat foetuses has been found while chlorfenvinphos induced sporadic developmental abnormalities in hamster and rabbit foetuses.