Egg incubation position affects toxicity of air cell administered polychlorinated biphenyl 126 (3,3′,4,4′,5-pentachlorobiphenyl) in chicken (Gallus gallus) embryos

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2724-2727

  McKernan, Moira A ^a,b   Rattner, Barnett A ^b   Hale, Robert C ^c   Ottinger, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Egg injection; Incubation; Polychlorinated biphenyl 126

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SCREENING; EGG INCUBATION POSITION; EGG INJECTION; POLYHALOGENATED COMPOUNDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

TOXICITY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 126 (3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EGG; HATCHING; INCUBATION; PCB; POLLUTANT; POULTRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; EGG; EMBRYO; INCUBATION TIME; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TIME; TOXICITY TESTS;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 37049029620     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-291.1     Document Type: Article

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