Immunotoxicity studies in mink (Mustela vison) chronically exposed to dietary bleached kraft pulp mill effluent

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-208

  Smits, J E G ^a   Blakley, B R ^a   Wobeser, G A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bleached kraft mill effluent; Delayed type hypersensitivity; Immunotoxicity; Lymphocyte; Mink; Mustela vison; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA VISON; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; PHYTOLACCACEAE;

MITOGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CANADA; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MINK; PAPER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WOOD;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INTRADERMAL TESTS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MINK; MITOGENS; PAPER; SASKATCHEWAN; WOOD;

EID: 0030117040     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.199     Document Type: Article

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