1.
Vet Hum Toxicol
; 32(1): 53-6, Feb. 1990.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MedCarib
| ID: med-8207
RESUMO
During the course of an investigation into community lead poisoning near a secondary lead smelter in Jamaica, blood lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels were measured in 8 exposed and 6 (3 Jamaican, 3 US) unexposed donkeys and mules. The blood lead levels of 6 animals in the contaminated area ranged from 7.5 to 33 ug/d1 (mean=17.6 ug/d1), compared to 1.8 and 2.4 in unexposed Jamaican animals. More striking was the difference in zinc protoporphyrin levels; all 8 exposed donkeys and mules had values between 900 and 1890 ug/d1, compared with a range of 34-46 ug/d1 for 3 Jamaican control donkeys. These findings suggest that zinc protoporphyrin may be a useful method of screening for subclinical lead toxicity in equines (AU)
Assuntos
21003 , Chumbo/sangue , Perissodáctilos/sangue , Porfirinas/sangue , Protoporfirinas/sangue , Eritrócitos/análise , Jamaica , Metalurgia
2.
Vet Rec
; 83(12): 306, Sept. 1968.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MedCarib
| ID: med-8298