Dietary exposure to low pesticide doses causes long-term immunosuppression in the leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1179-1185

  Albert, Anathea ^a   Drouillard, Ken ^b   Haffner, G Douglas ^b   Dixon, Brian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

DDT; Dieldrin; Frog; Immunosuppression; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMMUNOLOGY; NUTRITION;

DELAYED TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY (DTH); DIELDRINS; IMMUNE FUNCTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION;

INSECTICIDES;

CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; PESTICIDE;

ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; DIELDRIN; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FEEDING; FROG; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; PESTICIDES; RANA PIPIENS; RESPIRATORY BURST;

ANURA; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 34250624980     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-622R.1     Document Type: Article

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