Abstract
Experiments were performed in an attempt to show the effects of deprivation of feed and water on the liver and kidney mercury retention in two strains of chickens. The chickens to be depleted were fasted for 24 h and offered granulated sugar and drinking water containing vitamins. When the protein-depleted chickens has lost 30% of their body weight, they were injected intramuscularly with 3 mg phenylmercuric acetate (PMA) or mercuric chloride. A chemical analysis of the livers and kidneys of the chickens revealed that more mercury was retained in the organs from the protein-depleted chickens than from the control chickens. A difference was also found in the mercury retention in the kidneys in the two strains of chickens. Thus, alteration of the mercury retention patterns of these two strains of chickens may be accomplished by limiting their protein intake.
Citation Formats
Larkin, D V, Miller, V L, Bearse, G E, and Hamilton, C M.
Effects of starvation and protein depletion on mercury retention in two strains of chickens.
United Kingdom: N. p.,
1965.
Web.
doi:10.1038/208706a0.
Larkin, D V, Miller, V L, Bearse, G E, & Hamilton, C M.
Effects of starvation and protein depletion on mercury retention in two strains of chickens.
United Kingdom.
https://doi.org/10.1038/208706a0
Larkin, D V, Miller, V L, Bearse, G E, and Hamilton, C M.
1965.
"Effects of starvation and protein depletion on mercury retention in two strains of chickens."
United Kingdom.
https://doi.org/10.1038/208706a0.
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title = {Effects of starvation and protein depletion on mercury retention in two strains of chickens}
author = {Larkin, D V, Miller, V L, Bearse, G E, and Hamilton, C M}
abstractNote = {Experiments were performed in an attempt to show the effects of deprivation of feed and water on the liver and kidney mercury retention in two strains of chickens. The chickens to be depleted were fasted for 24 h and offered granulated sugar and drinking water containing vitamins. When the protein-depleted chickens has lost 30% of their body weight, they were injected intramuscularly with 3 mg phenylmercuric acetate (PMA) or mercuric chloride. A chemical analysis of the livers and kidneys of the chickens revealed that more mercury was retained in the organs from the protein-depleted chickens than from the control chickens. A difference was also found in the mercury retention in the kidneys in the two strains of chickens. Thus, alteration of the mercury retention patterns of these two strains of chickens may be accomplished by limiting their protein intake.}
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title = {Effects of starvation and protein depletion on mercury retention in two strains of chickens}
author = {Larkin, D V, Miller, V L, Bearse, G E, and Hamilton, C M}
abstractNote = {Experiments were performed in an attempt to show the effects of deprivation of feed and water on the liver and kidney mercury retention in two strains of chickens. The chickens to be depleted were fasted for 24 h and offered granulated sugar and drinking water containing vitamins. When the protein-depleted chickens has lost 30% of their body weight, they were injected intramuscularly with 3 mg phenylmercuric acetate (PMA) or mercuric chloride. A chemical analysis of the livers and kidneys of the chickens revealed that more mercury was retained in the organs from the protein-depleted chickens than from the control chickens. A difference was also found in the mercury retention in the kidneys in the two strains of chickens. Thus, alteration of the mercury retention patterns of these two strains of chickens may be accomplished by limiting their protein intake.}
doi = {10.1038/208706a0}
journal = []
volume = {208:5011}
journal type = {AC}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1965}
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