p,p'-DDT: effect on calcium metabolism and concentration of estradiol in the blood.
Ringdoves given 10 parts per million p,p'-DDT showed a decrease of estradiol in the blood early in the breeding cycle and egg-laying was delayed. There was also a decrease in deposition of medullary calcium and in eggshell weight. Injection of p,p'-DDE (150 milligrams per kilogram of body weight) caused reduction of eggshell weight and inhibition of carbonic anhydrase in the oviduct.
D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002127:Calcium Isotopes; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000032:analysis; D003634:DDT / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology
D002127:Calcium Isotopes; D004958:Estradiol; D003634:DDT; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases; D002118:Calcium