Investigation of the aetiology of haemosiderosis in the starling (Sturnus vulgaris).
Birds with haemosiderosis absorbed up to 10% of an orally administered test dose of radioactive iron, even when the hepatic iron concentrations were markedly increased. In contrast, rats which were orally loaded with iron to produce a comparable hepatic iron concentration absorbed only ' about 1% of administered (59)Fe. It is concluded that the absorption of iron at the intestinal mucosa in avian species is not as tightly regulated as that in some mammals.
Ward
R J
RJ
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, King's College School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, England.
Smith
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Henderson
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Peters
T J
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