Toxicity in Goats Exposed to Arsenic in the Region Lagunera, Northern Mexico
The Region Lagunera, a region in northeast Mexico, is undergoing significant problems with the quality of its groundwater, which exceeds the permissible limits of contaminants and/or heavy metals stipulated in Mexican legislation. The present study evaluated chronic toxicity in male goats exposed to...
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| author | Natalia B. Ortega-Morales José A. Cueto-Wong Eutiquio Barrientos-Juárez Gonzalo García-Vargas Homero Salinas-González Alain Buendía Garcia Javier Morán-Martínez |
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| description | The Region Lagunera, a region in northeast Mexico, is undergoing significant problems with the quality of its groundwater, which exceeds the permissible limits of contaminants and/or heavy metals stipulated in Mexican legislation. The present study evaluated chronic toxicity in male goats exposed to arsenic via one ex situ Group 1 (n = 5) and one in situ female goats Group 3 (n = 10). The treatment in Group 1 was carried out in the La Laguna experimental field of the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP), located in Matamoros, Coahuila, Mexico. Sodium arsenite (2 mg/kg) was orally administered for 84 days to five male Creole goats, aged between four and five years old and weighing between 60 and 70 kg, in order to determine its effect on urine toxicity, libido, and physiological condition, an untreated group (n = 5) was included (Group 2). The experiment in group 3 was conducted on ten female Creole goats, aged between four and six years old and weighing between 40 and 49 kg, in both the contaminated sampling area in the rural community of El Venado and the control sampling area in the rural community of Nuevo Reynosa (Group 4 (n = 5)), in which the arsenic levels were measured in the urine of the exposed goats, as was their physiological condition. Significant differences (<i>p</i> < 0.01) between the groups were found in both the arsenic concentration in the urine and the physiological condition observed in both experimental groups. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5daccb10aa5e44c786386566e80bab322023-11-19T23:28:28ZengMDPI AGVeterinary Sciences2306-73812020-05-01725910.3390/vetsci7020059Toxicity in Goats Exposed to Arsenic in the Region Lagunera, Northern MexicoNatalia B. Ortega-Morales0José A. Cueto-Wong1Eutiquio Barrientos-Juárez2Gonzalo García-Vargas3Homero Salinas-González4Alain Buendía Garcia5Javier Morán-Martínez6Facultad de Agronomía y Zootecnia, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Km. 35 Carretera Gómez Palacio-Tlahualilo, Domicilio conocido poblado ejidal de Venecia, Gómez Palacio C.P. 35111, MexicoInstituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Campo Experimental La Laguna, Blvd. José Santos Valdéz No. 1200 Pte., Matamoros C.P. 27440, MexicoInstituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Campo Experimental Aldama-La Campana, Km 33.5 Carretera Chihuahua-Ojinaga, Cd. Aldama C.P. 32910, MexicoFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Calzada Palmas 1, Revolución, Gómez Palacio C.P. 35050, MexicoCooperative Extension and Research, Lincoln University of Missouri, 900 Chestnut St., Jefferson City, MO 65101, USAUniversidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Unidad Laguna, Av s/n col. Valle Verde, Torreón, Coahuila C.P. 27053, MexicoDepartamento de Biología Celular y Ultraestructura, Centro de Investigación Biimédica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila Unidad Torreón, Gregorio A. García No. 198 sur. Torreón, Coahuila C.P. 27000, MexicoThe Region Lagunera, a region in northeast Mexico, is undergoing significant problems with the quality of its groundwater, which exceeds the permissible limits of contaminants and/or heavy metals stipulated in Mexican legislation. The present study evaluated chronic toxicity in male goats exposed to arsenic via one ex situ Group 1 (n = 5) and one in situ female goats Group 3 (n = 10). The treatment in Group 1 was carried out in the La Laguna experimental field of the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP), located in Matamoros, Coahuila, Mexico. Sodium arsenite (2 mg/kg) was orally administered for 84 days to five male Creole goats, aged between four and five years old and weighing between 60 and 70 kg, in order to determine its effect on urine toxicity, libido, and physiological condition, an untreated group (n = 5) was included (Group 2). The experiment in group 3 was conducted on ten female Creole goats, aged between four and six years old and weighing between 40 and 49 kg, in both the contaminated sampling area in the rural community of El Venado and the control sampling area in the rural community of Nuevo Reynosa (Group 4 (n = 5)), in which the arsenic levels were measured in the urine of the exposed goats, as was their physiological condition. Significant differences (<i>p</i> < 0.01) between the groups were found in both the arsenic concentration in the urine and the physiological condition observed in both experimental groups.https://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/7/2/59toxicitygoatsarsenicwaterurine |
| spellingShingle | Natalia B. Ortega-Morales José A. Cueto-Wong Eutiquio Barrientos-Juárez Gonzalo García-Vargas Homero Salinas-González Alain Buendía Garcia Javier Morán-Martínez Toxicity in Goats Exposed to Arsenic in the Region Lagunera, Northern Mexico Veterinary Sciences toxicity goats arsenic water urine |
| title | Toxicity in Goats Exposed to Arsenic in the Region Lagunera, Northern Mexico |
| title_full | Toxicity in Goats Exposed to Arsenic in the Region Lagunera, Northern Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Toxicity in Goats Exposed to Arsenic in the Region Lagunera, Northern Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toxicity in Goats Exposed to Arsenic in the Region Lagunera, Northern Mexico |
| title_short | Toxicity in Goats Exposed to Arsenic in the Region Lagunera, Northern Mexico |
| title_sort | toxicity in goats exposed to arsenic in the region lagunera northern mexico |
| topic | toxicity goats arsenic water urine |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/7/2/59 |
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