Accumulation of mercury and selenium in tissues of kittens fed commercial cat food

Journal Article · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978 · Cornell Vet.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6498547

Boyer, Jr, C I; Andrews, E J; deLahunta, A; Bache, C A; Gutenmann, W H; Lisk, D J

Six kittens, three males and three females, were fed exclusively for one hundred days a commercially canned red meat tuna found to contain elevated concentrations of Mercury (Hg) and Selenium (Se). A similarly sized control group was fed for the same period a dry commercial cat food comparatively low in the concentration of these elements. At the end of the feeding trial, concentrations of Hg and Se were markedly higher in blood, bone, brain, kidney, liver, muscle and spleen of the kittens fed the tuna diet as compared to the corresponding controls. No behavioral abnormalities or pathological lesions were detected in any of the kittens.

• Research Organization: Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
• OSTI ID: 6498547
• Journal Information: Cornell Vet.; (United States), Vol. 68:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
CATS
DIET
MERCURY
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
SELENIUM
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BLOOD
BONE TISSUES
BRAIN
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FEEDING
KIDNEYS
LIVER
MUSCLES
SPLEEN
TUNA
ANIMAL TISSUES
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
DATA
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
ELEMENTS
FISHES
GLANDS
INFORMATION
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
METALS
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANS
SEMIMETALS
TISSUES
VERTEBRATES
560305* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Vertebrates- (-1987)