%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of potassium dichromate intake on water consumption and toxic amount intake, in female rats, Rattus norvegicus (exposure on three generations)
%A Snejana Petrovici
%A Alexandra Trif
%A Milca Petrovici
%A Eugenia Dumitrescu
%J Human & Veterinary Medicine
%D 2010
%I Bioflux Society
%X Material and methods: The study was carried out on three generations of female rats, eachgeneration comprising 28 white Wistar adult female rats, divided in three experimental (E) groups,exposed to 25 ppm Cr ¨C LOAEL (E1), 50 ppm Cr (E2), 75 ppm Cr (E3) and one control (C) group - tapwater. Results: It pointed out significant decrease of water daily mean consumption in experimentalgroups comparative to C group, inversely, significantly correlated with the exposure level, in F0, F1 and F2generations, the mean daily water intake decreasing with the increase of the number of generationsexposed, the lowest being found in the case of F2 generation, followed by F1 generation and F0, thedifferences being insignificant. Also hexavalent chromium intake was calculated, F2 generation having thepoorest appetite for water, received the smallest amount of toxic, but yet not undermining the gravity ofexposure in F2 generation, due to parental exposure factors.
%K chromium
%K females
%K rat
%K water
%U http://www.hvm.bioflux.com.ro/docs/2010.2.25-30.pdf