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Toxicological Potential of Cadmium Impact on Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Early Development

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Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic element widely distributed in the aquatic environment and producing a wide variety of harmful effects. In this study, the acute toxicity (96 h LC50) of Cd to rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss embryos and larvae was determined. The obtained results showed that hatched larvae were the most sensitive to Cd exposure. After 4 days of exposure, embryos were found to have accumulated greater concentrations of Cd than larvae. Exposure to Cd at sublethal concentrations produced deleterious, exposure duration-related effects on biological parameters (mortality, heart rate and gill ventilation frequency) of larvae. Cd induced a significant elevation of all the studied geno- and cytotoxicity endpoints in larval erythroblasts.

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This research was supported by the research infrastructure Open Access Centre for Nature Research at the initiative of the Open R&D Lithuania network. This work was funded by the Research Council of Lithuania, Project No. MIP-108/2015. The studies were performed under the Third Research Programme of the Nature Research Centre.

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    Živilė Jurgelėnė, Milda Stankevičiūtė, Nijolė Kazlauskienė, Janina Baršienė & Kęstutis Jokšas

  2. Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, Vilnius University, Naugarduko St. 24, 03225, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Kęstutis Jokšas

  3. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio Av. 7, 10223, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Arvydas Markuckas

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Jurgelėnė, Ž., Stankevičiūtė, M., Kazlauskienė, N. et al. Toxicological Potential of Cadmium Impact on Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Early Development. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 103, 544–550 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-019-02694-y

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