Avian high-dose toxicity of cyanobacterial biomass.

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Authors	KRAL J. PIKULA J. BANDOUCHOVA H. DAMKOVA V. HILSCHEROVÁ Klára MIŠÍK J. NOVOTNY L. VONDRÁČEK K. OSICKOVA J. MLČÁKOVÁ Veronika POHANKA M. SKOCHOVA H. VITULA F. TREML F.
Year of publication	2012
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Neuroendocrinology Letters
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Field	Environment influence on health
Keywords	Coturnix coturnix japonica; birds; cyanobacteria; microcystins; hepatotoxicity
Description	Previous studies using oral administration of environmentally relevant doses of cyanobacterial biomass containing microcystins (MCs) induced only sub-lethal effects in experimental birds. Therefore, the objective of this study was to obtain data on avian high-dose toxicity of MCs and compute LD50, if possible,following the natural oral route of administration.
Related projects:	Centrum pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí