Sub-chronic effects of nitrate in drinking water on red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa): Oxidative stress and T-cell mediated immune function

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 469-475

  Rodríguez Estival, Jaime ^a   Martínez Haro, Mónica ^a   Martín Hernando, Ma Paz ^a   Mateo, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Birds; Comet assay; Methemoglobin; Nitrate nitrite exposure

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; DNA; DRINKING WATER; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAGNESIUM; METHEMOGLOBIN; NITRATE;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DNA; DRINKING WATER; GAMEBIRD; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNITY; NITRATE; NITRITE; PLASMA; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ALECTORIS RUFA; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIRD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LIVER; METHEMOGLOBIN; NITRATES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TOCOPHEROLS; VITAMIN A;

ALECTORIS RUFA; AVES;

EID: 77953618420     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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