title: Testosterone as a factor modifying the toxicity of ekatin for the Pharaoh quail (Coturnix coturnix Pharaoh). I. Mature birds.
abstract: 1. Testosterone reduces the haemolytic action of Ekatin on the morphotic blood elements by accelerating maturation of erythroblastic cells. 2. Testosterone, by accelerating the metabolism of the pesticide causes a defective defence processes of the organism by decreasing the number of macrophages. 3. Intoxication of androgenised birds with Ekatin leads to a breakdown of the systemic adaptive mechanisms by rapid and early switching on the adrenal cortex in response to the stress caused by poisoning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Physiology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gromysz-Kałkowska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szubartowska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaczanowska
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D003370:Coturnix / Q000502:physiology*; D004900:Erythroblasts / Q000187:drug effects; D004906:Erythrocyte Count / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D063086:Organothiophosphates / Q000633:toxicity*; D009946:Organothiophosphorus Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*; D011784:Quail / Q000502:physiology*; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D013739:Testosterone / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D007306:Insecticides; D063086:Organothiophosphates; D009946:Organothiophosphorus Compounds; D013739:Testosterone; C100178:thiometon