Changes induced by cadmium in the kidney of Black Sea bream, Mylio macrocephalus (teleostei)

Journal Article · Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01702001· OSTI ID:6614780

Ooi, V E.C.; Law, F K ^[1]

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1. Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong (China)

Cadmium is known to cause injury to most of the internal organs of higher vertebrates. Chronic exposure of cadmium produces histopathological changes in the kidney in man and experimental animals and leads to its preferential accumulation in the liver and kidney. The toxic effects of cadmium on man and experimental animals such as rats, mice and rabbits have been extensively investigated. However, less is known about injurious effects of cadmium on fish, in particular marine fish species. In the present study, the time course of cadmium-induced renal toxicity and histopathological changes of the kidneys of the Black Sea bream, one of the mot common maricultural fish species in Hong Kong, after administration of cadmium chloride are described.

• OSTI ID: 6614780
• Journal Information: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA), Vol. 43:5; ISSN 0007-4861
• 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
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
KIDNEYS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
FISHES
HISTOLOGY
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BODY
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
CADMIUM HALIDES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
VERTEBRATES
560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology