Investigation of the aetiology of haemosiderosis in the starling(Sturnus vulgaris)
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- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Avian Pathology
- Vol. 20 (2) , 225-232
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03079459108418759
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 59Fe. 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.Keywords
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