Mustela

The mink Mustela vision) is a piscivorous mammal that also has been exposed to relatively high dietary levels of methyl mercury in North America in recent times. In a Canadian study, mink trapped in Yukon territory, Ontario, and Nova Scotia were analyzed for levels of mercury and abundance of muscarinic, cholinergic and dopaminergic receptors in the brain (Basu et al. 2005). A correlation was found between total Hg levels and abundance of muscarinic receptors, but a negative correlation was found between total Hg and abundance of dopaminergic receptors. Thus, it was suggested that environmentally relevant concentrations of Hg (much of it in methyl form) may alter neurochemical function. The highest levels of mercury contamination were found in mink from Nova Scotia that had a mean concentration of total Hg of 5.7 pg/g in brain, 90% of which was methyl mercury. [Pg.172]

Basu N, Scheuhammer AM, Rouvinen-Watt K, Grochowina N, Klenavic K, Evans RD, Chan HM. 2006. Methyhnercury impairs components of the cholinergic system in captive mink (Mustela vison). Toxicol Sci 91 202-209. [Pg.167]

Evans RD, Addison EM, VUleneuve JY, MacDonald KS, Joachim DG. 2000. Distribution of inorganic and ethylmercury among tissues in mink Mustela vison) and otter (Lutra canadensis). Environ Res 84 133-139. [Pg.174]

O Connor DJ, Nielsen SW. 1981. Environmental survey of methyhnercury levels in wild mink (Mustela vison) and otter (Lutra canadensis) from the northeastern United States and experimental pathology of methylmercurialism in the otter. In Chapman JD, Pursley D, editors. World Furbearer Conf Proc. Frostburg, MD, p. 1728-1745. [Pg.182]

Tansy CL. 2002. A comparison of contaminants in tissues of mink (Mustela vision) from South Carolina and Louisiana. MS thesis, Clemson University. [Pg.186]

Yates DE, Mayack DT, Munney K, Evers DC, Major A, Kaur T, Taylor RJ. 2005. Mercury levels in mink Mustela vison) and river otter (Lontra canadensis) from northeastern North America. Ecotoxicology 14 263-274. [Pg.188]

Kozol, R, McCurdy, B. and Czanko, R (1991). A neutrophil chemotactic ctor present in Helicobacter fylori but absent in H. mustelae. Gastroenterology 100, AlOl. [Pg.166]

Chang Y., Kelliher K. and Baum M.J. (2000). Steroidal modulation of scent investigation and marking behaviors in male and female ferrets (Mustela putorius furo). J Comp Psychol 114, 401-407. [Pg.196]

Salazar I., Quinteiro P., Cifuentes J.M., and Lombardero M. (1998). The accessory olfactory bulb of the mink, Mustela vison a morphological and lectin histochemical study. J Vet Med C 27, 297-300. [Pg.243]

Copper deficiency effects are reported in mink (Mustela vison) and domestic swine. Copper deficiency in mink, as judged by reduced survival, occurs by feeding rations containing the equivalent of 3.5 mg Cu/kg BW daily for a period of 50 weeks (ATSDR 1990). Swine, which seem to have higher copper requirements than mink, given low copper diets equivalent to 15 to 36 mg Cu/kg B W daily for 7 days have decreased hemoglobin, hematocrit, and growth rate (ATSDR 1990). [Pg.173]

Polecat, Mustela putorius furo Switzerland and France 1983-85 kidney... [Pg.279]

Mink, Mustela vison Idaho lead-contaminated site vs. reference site Liver 1981-82 1986-87... [Pg.279]

Mason, C.F. and D. Weber. 1990. Qrganochlorine residues and heavy metals in kidneys of polecats (Mustela putorius) from Switzerland. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 45 689-696. [Pg.336]

Mink, Mustela vison Canada Ontario 1983-85 English River vs. Sudbury ... [Pg.390]

Mink, Mustela vison 1.0 mg/kg in diet Fatal to 100% in about 2 months 3... [Pg.406]

Stevens, R.T., T.L. Ashwood, and J.M. Sleeman. 1997. Mercury in hair of muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) and mink (Mustela vison) from the U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Reservation. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 58 720-725. [Pg.440]

European ferret, Mustela putorius furo Diet Tolerated 500 mg/kg DW 57... [Pg.723]

Mink, Mustela vison Diet Zinc-deficient 4.1 mg/kg FW 58... [Pg.723]

Mejbom, H. 1989. Zinc balances in young and adult mink (Mustela vison) in relation to dietary zinc intake. Jour. Anim. Physiol. Anim. Nutr. 61 187-192. [Pg.737]

Mink, Mustela vison, NWT, Canada 1991-95 total chlordanes ... [Pg.858]

Hochstein, J.R., S.J. Bursian, and R.J. Aulerich. 1998. Effects of dietary exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in adult female mink (Mustela vison). Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 35 348-353. [Pg.1062]

Mirex concentrations in muscle and liver of mammalian wildlife in Alabama and Georgia during the period 1973 to 1976 from reference areas were always less than 0.04 mg mirex/kg FW in muscle and less than 0.07 mg/kg FW in liver (Hill and Dent 1985). In mirex-treated areas, conspecifics were collected up to 2 years posttreatment. Maximum concentrations of mirex in muscle and liver from mirex-treated areas were always less than 1.0 mg/kg FW in raccoons, bobcats (Lynx rufus), mink (Mustela vison), and foxes (Urocyon sp., Vulpes sp.). Higher concentrations of 3.7 mg/kg FW in muscle and 1.1 mg/kg FW in liver were measured in the river otter (Lutra... [Pg.1145]

Mink (Mustela vison) collected from the Northwest Territories of Canada between 1991 and 1995 had liver mirex concentrations between 0.08 and 0.39 pg/kg FW. These extremely low mirex concentrations were, nevertheless, higher than liver mirex concentrations in prey species (snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus, 0.08 to 0.13 pg/kg FW northern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rutilus, 0.32 pg/kg FW), suggesting that mirex biomagnification in mammalian wildlife food chains is possible (Poole et al. 1998). [Pg.1151]

European polecat, Mustela putorius the Netherlands, 1985-90 Anal gland ... [Pg.1299]

Mink, Mustela vison Northwest Territories, Canada 1991-95... [Pg.1299]

Stoat, Mustela erminea total PCBs liver 1093-16,510 LW 11... [Pg.1300]

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