Plasma marking of arctic foxes with iophenoxic acid.
Six arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) were marked with iophenoxic acid (IA), a substance which elevates concentrations of protein-bound iodine in blood plasma. Buccal absorption of IA was determined by placing 20 mg IA dissolved in 100% ethyl alcohol on the tongue. Blood samples collected from 1 to 36 wk following exposure showed that all foxes were marked already at 1 wk and continued until 13 wk; two foxes were still marked at 36 wk. Clearance rates for iodine varied with initial dose response, and those foxes with high 1-wk iodine concentrations excreted iodine more rapidly than those with lower initial concentrations; by 13-wk excretion rates were similar.
Follmann
E H
EH
Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks 99775.
Savarie
P J
PJ
Ritter
D G
DG
Baer
G M
GM
D000413:Alaska; D000818:Animals; D001798:Blood Proteins; D005260:Female; D005589:Foxes / Q000097:blood*; D007455:Iodine / Q000097:blood*; D007480:Iopanoic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D008297:Male; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage
D001798:Blood Proteins; D011819:Rabies Vaccines; C008160:iophenoxic acid; D007455:Iodine; D007480:Iopanoic Acid