Foetal and post-natal exposure of sheep to sewage sludge chemicals disrupts sperm production in adulthood in a subset of animals

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-329

  Bellingham, M ^a   Mckinnell, C ^b   Fowler, P A ^c   Amezaga, M R ^c   Zhang, Z ^d   Rhind, S M ^d   Cotinot, C ^e   Mandon Pepin, B ^e   Evans, N P ^a   Sharpe, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Developmental exposure; Environmental chemicals; Sertoli cell; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERM CELL; HEART WEIGHT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER WEIGHT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SHEEP; SLUDGE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SERTOLI CELL-ONLY SYNDROME; SEWAGE; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84860431294     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2011.01234.x     Document Type: Article

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