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

Abstract

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.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
OSTI Identifier:
6565747
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 26:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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; 560305* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Vertebrates- (-1987)

Citation Formats

Rose, R W, Swain, R, and Whitten, W K. Cadmium toxicity and its effect on the testes of an Australian marsupial (Trichosurus vulpecula). United States: N. p., 1981. Web. doi:10.1007/BF01622082.
Rose, R W, Swain, R, & Whitten, W K. Cadmium toxicity and its effect on the testes of an Australian marsupial (Trichosurus vulpecula). United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01622082
Rose, R W, Swain, R, and Whitten, W K. 1981. "Cadmium toxicity and its effect on the testes of an Australian marsupial (Trichosurus vulpecula)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01622082.
@article{osti_6565747,
title = {Cadmium toxicity and its effect on the testes of an Australian marsupial (Trichosurus vulpecula)},
author = {Rose, R W and Swain, R and Whitten, W K},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1007/BF01622082},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6565747}, journal = {Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 26:2,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1981},
month = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1981}
}