title: Lead and cadmium in maternal blood, umbilical cord blood, amniotic fluid and placenta of cows and buffaloes after foetal death (abortion) and after normal parturition.
abstract: The cause of abortion in dairy animals is not yet exactly known. Concentrations of lead and cadmium in maternal blood, umbilical cord blood, amniotic fluid and placenta under foetal death (abortion) conditions and after normal parturition has demonstrated that these tissues in aborting cows and buffaloes accumulate much more lead and cadmium as compared to the normally delivering cows and buffaloes. It is believed that the toxic metals cause damage to the placenta and thus foetal death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Punjab Agricultural University, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaur
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous; D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000097:blood*; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D002417:Cattle / Q000097:blood*; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis*; D005313:Fetal Death; D007194:India; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D010920:Placenta / Q000032:analysis*; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D002104:Cadmium; D007854:Lead