Heinz-body hemolytic anemia from the ingestion of crude oil: a primary toxic effect in marine birds

Journal Article · Fri May 20 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6844918· OSTI ID:5584893

Leighton, F A ^[1]; Peakall, D B; Butler, R G

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1. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

Hemolytic anemia developed in young herring gulls and Atlantic puffins given daily oral doses of a Prudhoe Bay crude oil. Anemia developed 4 to 5 days after the initiation of oil ingestion and was accompainied by Heinz-body formation and a strong regenerative response. The data evince a toxic effect on circulating red blood cells involving an oxidative biochemical mechanism and the first clear evidence of a primary mechanism of toxicity from the ingestion of crude oil by birds.

• OSTI ID: 5584893
• Journal Information: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Vol. 220
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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