title: Investigation of the aetiology of haemosiderosis in the starling (Sturnus vulgaris).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, King's College School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, England.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Peters