This special issue contains 20 articles that discuss definong dietary requirements of trace elements by food producing animals; to elucidate factors influencing enzyme systems in which trace elements are a vital component; to determine if trace elements are required by food-producing animals; and...

Fluoride is commonly found in the soil and water environment and may act as chronic poison. A large amount of fluoride deposition causes serious harm to the ecological environment and human health. Mitochondrial dysfunction is a shared feature of fluorosis, and numerous studies reported this...

The paper reviews the contribution of fish and seafood to food supply and feed supply at a global, regional and national level. Fish and seafood represents a healthier alternative to terrestrial meat and processed meat products; usually having a higher protein content on an edible fresh weight...

Teeth with different chemical compositions can show vastly different physical properties, so knowledge of elemental composition is required to use animal teeth as substitutes for human teeth in research. In vitro, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), improved by calibration standards and Si...

Fluoride is the organic and inorganic compound of the element fluorine, has detrimental effect to all animals including fish at higher concentration. Ground water with elevated concentration of fluoride is a major global problem including India. On the other hand, Morinda citrifolia (also called...

The aim of this study is to explore the effects of fluoride on the innate immunity, intestinal mechanical barrier, and immune barrier of C57BL/6 mice, as well as to analyze the degree of structural and tissue damage, providing reference data for related research. Mice were randomly divided into...

It has been suggested that domestic animals can serve as sentinels for human exposures. In this study our objectives were to demonstrate that (i) silicone collars can be used to measure environmental exposures of (domestic) animals, and that (ii) domestic animals can be used as sentinels for human...

In this work, magnetic flower-like and fluorine-doped nickel oxide composites Fe₃O₄@SiO₂@F/NiO were prepared and applied for the magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE) of five imidazole fungicides. The obtained materials were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction,...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of vitamins C (vit C) and E (vit E) on the serum protein fractions in rats with experimentally-induced chronic fluorosis. Wistar-Albino rats (male) were used as material (8 groups, each containing 8 rats). The experimental groups were...