Influence of cage type and dietary zinc oxide upon molybdenum toxicity.
Molybdenum-fed rats housed in galvanized cages gained less weight and had lower hemoglobin levels than similarly fed rats housed in stainless steel cages. Since similar effects were produced in rats housed in stainless steel cages by increasing the zinc in their diets, it was concluded that zinc consumed by chewing on zinc-coated cages was responsible for the abnormalities noted.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D004032:Diet; D008982:Molybdenum / Q000633:toxicity*; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D051381:Rats; D015032:Zinc; D015034:Zinc Oxide
D008982:Molybdenum; D015032:Zinc; D015034:Zinc Oxide
MOLYBDENUM/toxicology; ZINC/nutrition and diet