Toxicity and reproductive effects of 2,3,7,8‐tetrachlorodibenzo‐p‐dioxin in ring‐necked pheasant hens
作者:
JohnA. Nosek,
ScottR. Craven,
JohnR. Sullivan,
SarahS. Hurley,
RichardE. Peterson,
期刊:
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health
(Taylor Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 35,
issue 3
页码: 187-198
ISSN:0098-4108
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1080/15287399209531608
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Hen pheasants(Phasianus colchicus)injected with graded single doses of TCDD (6.25, 25, or 100 μg/kg) exhibited delayed‐onset body weight loss and mortality—classic signs of the wasting syndrome. The lowest single dose of TCDD to produce this effect was 25 μg/kg. When hen pheasants were treated weekly with far lower doses of TCDD (0.01–1.0 μg/kg/wk) for 10 wk, signs of the wasting syndrome and mortality were also produced. The lowest cumulative TCDD dose required to produce the response, using a weekly dosing regimen, was 10 μg/kg. Furthermore, using this dosing regimen, egg production by hens treated withacumulative TCDD dose of 10 μg/kg was reduced, as was hatchability of their eggs. We conclude that hen pheasants are responsive to the overt toxic effects of TCDD and that the lowest cumulative dose of TCDD that produces overt signs of toxicity, 10 μg/kg, also reduces egg production and egg hatchability.
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