In:
Toxicology and Industrial Health, SAGE Publications, Vol. 30, No. 4 ( 2014-05), p. 328-335
Abstract:
Arsenic is ubiquitously found metalloid that commonly contaminates drinking water and agricultural food. To minimise the ecotoxicological effect of arsenic in the environment, it is important to ameliorate the deleterious effects on human and animal health. We investigated the effects of arsenic on cattle by estimating arsenic concentration in biological samples of cattle that consumed contaminated drinking water and feedstuffs directly or indirectly. We have selected arsenic prone village that is Ghentugachi, Nadia district, West Bengal, India, along with arsenic safe control village, Akna in Hoogli district, West Bengal, India. It is found that arsenic is deposited highly in blood, urine and faeces. Agricultural field is contaminated through cattle urine, hair, faeces, cow dung cakes and farmyard manure. Bioconcentration factor and biotransfer factor are two important biomarkers to assess the subclinical toxicity in cattle, as they do not exhibit clinical manifestation like human beings.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0748-2337
,
1477-0393
DOI:
10.1177/0748233712456061
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2014
detail.hit.zdb_id:
56831-4
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2010891-6
SSG:
12
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