Toxicity of lead shots in domestic fowls.

Monophyletic origin and unique dispersal patterns of domestic fowls.

With the aim of elucidating in greater detail the genealogical origin of the present domestic fowls of the world, we have determined mtDNA sequences of the D-loop regions for a total of 21 birds, of which 12 samples belong to red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) comprising three subspecies (six Gallus gallus gallus, three Gallus gallus spadiceus, and three Gallus gallus bankiva) and nine represent di...

LEAD TOXICITY IN EMPLOYEES OF A PAINT FACTORY

Lead-based paint is an important cause of lead poisoning. This report describes our observation of excessive lead absorption among employees in a paint factory in which lead naphthenate and lead oxalate were used as drying agents in paint. In this study, blood levels of lead were compared between nineteen paint factory employees and twenty normal controls. The nineteen paint factory employ...

Lead toxicity.

BACKGROUND Since the last In-Depth Review of lead toxicity in 2004 there have been further developments with regard to safe exposure levels for lead workers. AIMS To advise occupational health professionals of the latest research on the multi-system toxic effects of lead and the implications of this research for setting new safe and appropriate occupational suspension limits. METHODS An ext...

Cellular Transfer of Antibody Production from Adult to Embryo in Domestic Fowls

Simonsen8 demonstrated that the intravenous inoculation of adult fowl spleen cells or peripheral white blood cells into chick embryos gave rise to splenic enlargement and a Coomb's positive hemolytic anemia in the recipient chick. He found that this effect was species specific, required viable cells from donors over 11 days of age for its initiation, and could be passaged from chick to chick at...

Immunohistochemical demonstration of juxtaglomerular cells in the kidneys of domestic mammals and fowls.