Lead in blood of urban Indian horses.
A cross sectional study recorded the Lead (Pb) concentrations in blood from 288 horses in urban areas. Mean blood Pb concentration was estimated as 0.47 +/- 0.02 and 0.55 +/- 0.02 ppm in horses for industrial and highway-adjacent localities respectively. Mean blood Pb in horses from rural areas was 0.38 +/- 0.03 ppm. The mean Pb in forage samples from these horses was 36.96 +/- 6.23, 52.08 +/- 9.86 and 11.72 +/- 1.34 ppm in industrial, highway-adjacent and rural localities respectively. No overt signs of Pb toxicosis were seen in these animals
Laboratory of Medicine, National Research Centre on Equine, Hisar, Haryana, India.
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D000818:Animals; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006736:Horses; D007194:India; D007220:Industrial Waste; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood*; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014504:Urban Health
D007220:Industrial Waste; D007854:Lead