Epoxiconazole causes changes in testicular histology and sperm production in the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2368-2374

  Grote, Konstanze ^a   Niemann, Lars ^b   Selzsam, Britta ^b   Haider, Wolfgang ^c   Gericke, Christine ^a   Herzler, Matthias ^b   Chahoud, Ibrahim ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c Institute of Animal Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Epoxiconazole; Japanese quail; Spermatids; Testes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; ECOLOGY; FRUIT JUICES; FUNGICIDES; HISTOLOGY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; EPOXICONAZOLE; JAPANESE QUAIL; SPERMATIDS; TESTES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS;

EPOXICONAZOLE; FUNGICIDE; HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FERTILITY; FUNGICIDE; GAMEBIRD; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; SPERM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX COTURNIX JAPONICA; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COTURNIX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRIAZOLES;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA;

EID: 56049097444     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-048.1     Document Type: Article

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