Overview:
Developed as an alternative in ovo toxicity assay to the Draize Rabbit Eye Test. Similar to the HET-CAM,
the CAMVA uses the vascularized membrane of fertile chicken eggs to assess a test material's potential to cause vascular changes (hemorraghing, capillary
injection, ghost vessels).
Applications:
CAMVA can be used to investigate the vascular effects such as neovascularization, angiogenesis, and anti-angiogenesis, which are of particular interest
to pharmaceutical and cosmetic product research and development.
Background:
The CAMVA is similar to the European HET-CAM, where damage to the vascular structure of the
chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) of 10-day-old fertilized chicken eggs is assessed after topical
exposure of a test chemical. Vascular responses are observed, scored and used as an endpoint
to determine the potential for conjunctival irritancy. CAMVA is also used to investigate
vascular effects such as neo-vascularization, angiogenesis, and anti-angiogenesis, which are
of particular interest to pharmaceutical and cosmetic product research and development.
MB Research personnel have been involved in the development and marketability of alternative
assays since 1988 when, with the help of personnel from Colgate-Palmolive, the CAMVA was
developed and validated at MB Research Laboratories. Current CAMVA protocols are based
upon methodology described in An Improved CAM Method for Predicting Ocular Irritation
(Bagley, 1988).
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