RELATIONSHIP OF PULMONARY PARTICULATES IN ENGLISH SPARROWS TO GROSS AIR POLLUTION
| Autor: | M. L. Boardman, S. R. Wellings, G. E. McARN, R. Munn |
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| Rok vydání: | 1974 |
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Air pollution
Zoology Air sampler Biology medicine.disease_cause California Birds Air Pollution biology.animal parasitic diseases medicine Animals Lung Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Inclusion Bodies Pollutant Bird Diseases Sparrow Ecology Macrophages Environmental Exposure Environmental exposure Particulates Microscopy Electron Atmospheric pollutants |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 10:335-340 |
| ISSN: | 0090-3558 |
| DOI: | 10.7589/0090-3558-10.4.335 |
| Popis: | English sparrows (Passer domesticus) were studied to assess the usefulness of this species as a relatively stationary air sampler and biological indicator of atmospheric pollutants significant to man. Histopathology of bird necropsy tissue revealed numerous granule-laden macrophages in the pulmonary stroma of birds taken from polluted atmospheres (inland sample) but not from unpolluted atmospheres (coastal sample). Electron microscopy demonstrated several different types of particles within pulmonary macrophages of inland birds but not in coastal birds. The results of this study suggest that the English sparrow might serve as a useful indicator of amospheric pollutants and as a model system for studying the effects of an adverse environment. |
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