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Study on the effect of toxicity under highly arsenic prone zone in Nadia district of West Bengal in India

Tanmoy Rana¹, Samar Sarkar², Tapan K. Mandal³, Subhasis Batabyal⁴, Bakul K. Datta⁵, Sumanta De¹ & Sourav Sikdar¹

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1. Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Eastern Regional Station
2. West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Veterinary Medicine
3. West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
4. West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Science, Veterinary Biochemistry
5. West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Science

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Received 28 March 2009 12:45 UTC; Posted 31 March 2009

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Earth & Environment

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• arsenic
• toxicity
• hematology

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The present study was carried out on the basis of status of arsenic in soil, drinking water and plants, blood, urine and faeces of animals at arsenic prone zone. Within the ambit with the environment, the examination of animals was taken into consideration. They were screened and categorised on the degree of As toxicity. For field works animals were randomly selected from arsenic prone zone. The external manifestation indicated a complex syndrome and characteristic signs such as increased heart rate and respiratory rate, red urine, congested mucous membrane, anorexia, absence of ruminal motility, diarrhoea with blood, polyuria and unusual weight loss. The haematobiochemical changes such as low Hb level, decreased level of TEC, TLC and increased level ALT, AST, BUN and creatinine. Increased level of arsenic in urine, blood and faeces than the value of control animals could be the confirmatory indication of arsenic toxicity.

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Saumitra Mukherjee on 14 May 2009 04:43 UTC

Good contribution on Arsenic Toxicity. Arsenic in Groundwater Soil and Vegetation should have been shown in a geocoordinated map.

Prof.Saumitra Mukherjee
School of Environmental Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-11067
INDIA

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Rana, Tanmoy, Sarkar, Samar, Mandal, Tapan, Batabyal, Subhasis, Datta, Bakul, De, Sumanta, and Sikdar, Sourav. Study on the effect of toxicity under highly arsenic prone zone in Nadia district of West Bengal in India. Available from Nature Precedings <http://hdl.handle.net/10101/npre.2009.2992.1> (2009)

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