Efficacy of histopathology in detecting petrochemical-induced toxicity in wild cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 323-329

  Kim, S ^a   Lochmiller, R L ^a   Stair, E L ^b   Lish, J W ^a   Rafferty, D P ^a   Qualls Jr, C W ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton rat; Histopathology; Metals; Petrochemical waste; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

WILD RODENTS;

PETROCHEMICALS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PREVALENCE; RAT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGMODON HISPIDUS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; PETROLEUM; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 0034978747     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(00)00184-6     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. An ecotoxicological study of a population of the white footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) inhabiting a polychlorinated biphenyls-contaminated area
2. Influence of habitat modification on the community of gastrointestinal helminths of cotton rats
3. Immunotoxicological assessment of cyclosporin A by conventional pathological techniques and immune function testing in the rat
4. Dose-response relationships of cytotoxicity, PFC response and histology in the spleen in rats treated with alkylating agents
5. Evaluation of ultrastructural hepatic response to environmental toxicants in wild cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus)
6. Strongyloidiasis in cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) from central Oklahoma
7. Development of the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) as a biomonitor of environmental contamination with emphasis on hepatic cytochrome P-450 induction and population characteristics
8. The cotton rat in biomedical research
9. Pathology of toxic effects on the immune system
10. Biomarkers: Biochemical, Physiological, and Histological Markers of Anthropogenic Stress
11. Industrial lead contamination of an Illinois wildlife refuge and indigenous small mammals
12. Petrochemical-related DNA damage in wild rodents detected by flow cytometry
13. Chromosomal aberrations in native small mammals (Peromyscus leucopus and Sigmodon hispidus) at a petrochemical waste disposal site: I. Standard karyology
14. Sensitivity of selected immunological, hematological, and reproductive parameters in the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) to subchronic lead exposure
15. Indicators of immunotoxicity in populations of cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) inhabiting an abandoned oil refinery
16. Kidney
17. Fluorosis in a wild cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) population inhabiting a petrochemical waste site
18. In situ (mesocosm) assessment of immunotoxicity risks to small mammals inhabiting petrochemical waste sites
19. Morphological, biochemical, and histopathological indices and contaminant burdens of cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) at three hazardous waste sites near Houston, Texas, USA
20. SAS User's Guide: Statistics, Version 6
21. Soil and vegetation fluoride exposure pathways to cotton rats on a petrochemical-contaminated landfarm
22. Histopathology of the immune system as a tool to assess immunotoxicity
23. Subchronic exposure of mice to Love Canal soil contaminants
24. The uptake and effects of lead in small mammals and frogs at a trap and skeet range
25. Chromosomal aberrations in the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, exposed to hazardous waste