Impaired cellular immune response in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) feeding on environmentally contaminated herring.

• Main Authors: Swart, R.L. (Rik) de, Ross, P.S. (Peter), Timmerman, H.H. (Helga), Vos, H.W. (Helma), Reijnders, P.J.H., Vos, J.G. (Joseph), Osterhaus, A.D.M.E. (Albert)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: *Food Contamination; 0 (Dioxins); 0 (Environmental Pollutants); Animals; Cells; Cultured; Diet; Dioxins/*adverse effects; Environmental Pollutants/*adverse effects; Fishes; Immunity; Cellular/*drug effects; Immunization; Leukocytes; Mononuclear/*immunology; Seals/*immunology/metabolism; Support; Non-U.S. Gov't; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: http://repub.eur.nl/pub/3546

In a 2.5-year immunotoxicological study, two groups of captive harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) were fed herring from