The objective of this study is to develop a model for prenatal toxicological studies in ruminants and evaluate the effects of the maternal exposure to potassium cyanide (KCN) during pregnancy in both the dams and the litter. The largest KCN dose (3.0 mg KCN/kg/day) promoted maternal toxicity.

This study evaluates the inhibition of N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase (GPT) from different tissue sources within exposed rats, the potential for corynetoxins (CTs) and tunicamycins (TMs) to transfer to the mammary gland, contaminate milk and adversely affect the nursling, and the toxic ...

The objective of this study is to ascertain if S. occidentalis seed consumption during pregnancy causes the same pattern of lesions in the litter as observed in adult animals. Study showed that neither dam feed intake nor body weight differed from those of the control group. Pups from experimental...

Leaves of S. malacoxylon were air-dried, powdered and incorporated into a rat diet at the following concentrations: 0.1, 0.2, 0.5 and 1.0%. The mixture (leaves plus the ingredients of the rat diet) was homogenized and pelleted. A total of 50 pregnant Wistar rats were equally divided into 5 groups;...