Experimental modification of the resorption process and lead deposition in the body of the domestic duck
Cibulka, J.; Trefný, D.; Sova, Z.; Mader, P.; Muzikár, V.; Podhorský, M.; Lávicka, M.
Tierarztliche Praxis 15(2): 155-159
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-6286 PMID: 3617041 Document Number: 293428
In an experiment with 40 domestic ducks (Peking White breed) being 40 days old, it was shown that the process of lead resorption and deposition was neither significantly modified by different kinds of therapy nor by changes of food composition. A single dose of 30 lead small shot given to the experimental animals resulted after 1 week in a significant increase of lead concentration in liver (4.32 mg/kg-1), kidney (11.36 mg/kg-1) and muscle tissue (1.15 mg/kg-1) as compared to the values of control animals (liver 0.07, kidney 0.11 and muscle 0.06 mg Pb/kg-1). After 3 weeks with different types of therapy and feeding of experimental diets, i.e. at the end of the experiment, no significant differences in liver, kidney and muscle lead concentrations between the control and experimental animals could be found.