Cadmium toxicity and its effect on the testes of an Australian marsupial (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Journal Article · Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1981 · Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01622082· OSTI ID:6565747

Rose, R W; Swain, R; Whitten, W K

The selective toxic effects of cadmium on the testes of eutherian mammals have been well documented. A single subcutaneous or intraperitoneal injection of cadmium (as CdCl/sub 2/) results in testicular necrosis in most eutherian species. Some comparative work has also been carried out on other vertebrate groups, but studies of the effects of cadmium salts on the testes of non-eutherian mammals (monotremes and marsupials) are limited to two brief reports. The present paper reports the results following the injection of cadmium into another marsupial, the common Australian brush-tail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). Sperm are found throughout the year in this species but breeding is mainly limited to the winter months with secondary peak in spring.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
• OSTI ID: 6565747
• Journal Information: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Vol. 26:2
• 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.
CADMIUM CHLORIDES
TOXICITY
TESTES
NECROSIS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
HISTOLOGY
INJECTION
INTRAPERITONEAL INJECTION
MARSUPIALS
ANIMALS
BODY
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
CADMIUM HALIDES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
GONADS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
INTAKE
MALE GENITALS
MAMMALS
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
VERTEBRATES
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