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Study The Effects of Lead and Cadmium on The Kidney and Liver of Albino Rats

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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Veterinary Pathology & Animal Diseases

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A HIGHLY harmful heavy metal known as lead (PB) affects different organs' physiology and histology. Cadmium is a toxic element affecting some organs such as renal, and bones. This study aims to observe the microscopic tissue lesions of lead and cadmium in the liver and kidney. In this study, fifteen albino rats were divided into three groups. The first group is provided with oral normal saline, the second group is given a lead solution orally for three weeks at a dose of 17 mg/kg, and the third group is given a cadmium solution orally for three weeks at a dose of 15 mg/kg.  The tissue sections are put directly in 10% neutral formalin solution to fix them for 24-48 hours and then cut into small pieces 1 cm³, then carried out the process of ascending alcohols and then in xylene, waxed in the form of molds and cut the pieces with a microtome on the thickness of (4-5) μm and then dyed with the routine stain hematoxylin and eosin. The findings included that the first group shows the normal architecture of the liver and kidney. The second group showed necrosis in the peripheral area due to the toxic effect of lead with fatty changes resulting from liver damage; the kidney showed proliferation of inflammatory cells (neutrophils), and mesengial cells in addition to the presence of coagulative nephritis. The third group showed liver fibrosis and inflammatory cells while the kidney showed mononuclear cells in chronic nephritis. We can conclude that lead and cadmium have negative and pathological changes in the kidney and liver tissue; these changes include accumulation of the inflammatory cells, congestion, and necrosis, in the liver, and kidney while showing nephritis in the kidney.

DOI

10.21608/ejvs.2024.277381.1926

Keywords

Lead, cadmium, Rats, histopathology, Liver, kidney

Authors

First Name

safaa

Last Name

Hussein

MiddleName

alloul

Affiliation

Department of Biotechnology, College of Sciences, University of Diyala, Iraq

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safaa.a.hussein@uodiyala.edu.iq

City

Diyala

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First Name

Oday

Last Name

Al-Juhaish

MiddleName

Alawi

Affiliation

Department of Anatomy and Histology/ College of Veterinary Medicine,University of Tikrit, Iraq

Email

oday_jassim@tu.edu.iq

City

tikrit.

Orcid

0000-0002-9296-5189

First Name

sabah

Last Name

Hamad

MiddleName

Mahmood

Affiliation

Department of Biotechnology, College of Sciences, University of Diyala, Iraq

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sabah.hmed@yahoo.com

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Diyala

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Volume

56

Article Issue

4

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47682

Issue Date

2025-04-01

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2024-03-16

Publish Date

2025-04-01

Page Start

791

Page End

796

Print ISSN

1110-0222

Online ISSN

2357-089X

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354,935

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140

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Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Study The Effects of Lead and Cadmium on The Kidney and Liver of Albino Rats

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23 Dec 2024