Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "Dog"

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    • Effects of PCB exposure on serum thyroid hormone levels in dogs and cats 

      Takaguchi, Kohki; Ikenaka, Yoshinori; Nishikawa, Hiroyuki; Mizukawa, Hazuki; Tanoue, Rumi (Elsevier, 2019)
      Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and their hydroxylated metabolites (OH-PCBs) might disrupt thyroid function. However, there is no clear evidence of PCB exposure disrupting thyroid hormone (TH) homeostasis in dogs and cats. ...

    • Factors associated with lead (Pb) exposure on dogs around a Pb mining area, Kabwe, Zambia 

      Toyomaki, Haruya; Ikenaka, Yoshinori; Yabe, John; Nakayama, Shouta M.M.; Yohannes, Yared B. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Lead (Pb)-poisoning is a serious public health concern and dogs have been useful as a sentinel-animal for Pb exposure of humans. In the present study, the blood Pb concentrations (BLC), isotope ratios (208 Pb/206 Pb and ...