(Table 3) Liver weight, blood liver parameters, and blood plasma PCB concentrations in 14 sledge dog bitches and their 14 pups in Aasiaat, west Greenland ...

• Main Authors: Sonne, Christian, Leifsson, Pall S, Dietz, Rune, Kirkegaard, Maja, Jensen, Asger, Shahmiri, Soheila, Letcher, Robert J
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2008
• Subjects: Species; Treatment; Liver, mass; Standard deviation; Sample amount, subset; Bilirubin; Bile acids; Alanine aminotransferase; Alkaline phosphatase; Aspartate aminotransferase; Lactate dehydrogenase; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Polychlorinated biphenyl, standard deviation; Biological sample; International Polar Year 2007-2008 IPY; Aasiaat; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Greenland; International Polar Year; IPY; minke whale
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.837324; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.837324

We assessed the relationship between exposure to organohalogen polluted minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) blubber and liver morphology and function in a generational controlled study of 28 Greenland sledge dogs (Canis familiaris). The prevalence of portal fibrosis, mild bile duct hyperplasia,...