Chlorinated hydrocarbon and PCB residues in tissues and lice of northern fur seals, 1972. 1976

D A Kurtz, and K C Kim

DDT, dieldrin, and PCB contents of tissues and the sucking lice of the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) were studied in samples collected in July 1972 in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. They included the analyses of two nursing cows and their two newborn pups, three 2-month-old pups, and the sucking lice inhabiting these animals, Antarctophthirus callorhini and Proechinophthirus fluctus. The sigmaDDT content of fat tissue was 5.2, 5.6 and 63 mug/g (-/x) for cows, newborns, and 2-month-old pups, respectively. Dieldrin appeared at trace levels. PCB residues (Aroclor 1254) were 5.8, 5.5, and 33 mug/g (-/x), respectively. The sigmaDDT content of blood was less than 0.01 mug/g for cows and newborns and 4.6 mug/g for 2-month-old pups. PCB's were found only in trace amounts in the blood of all animals except one 2-month-old pup which contained 3.4 mug/g. Lice contained 0.2-6 percent, respectively, of the sigmaDDT and PCB's detected. All residues were expressed on a wet-weight basis. Two-month-old pups had far higher residue levels than had cows. A high percentage of sigmaDDT occurred as the DDE metabolite: 60 percent in cows and newborn pups and 90 percent in 2-month-old pups.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007306 Insecticides Pesticides designed to control insects that are harmful to man. The insects may be directly harmful, as those acting as disease vectors, or indirectly harmful, as destroyers of crops, food products, or textile fabrics. Insecticide
D008003 Phthiraptera An order of small, wingless parasitic insects, commonly known as lice. The suborders include ANOPLURA (sucking lice); AMBLYCERA; ISCHNOCERA; and Rhynchophthirina (elephant and warthog lice). Lice,Rhyncophthirina,Louse
D008297 Male Males
D010573 Pesticide Residues Pesticides or their breakdown products remaining in the environment following their normal use or accidental contamination. Pesticide Residue,Residue, Pesticide,Residues, Pesticide
D010872 Caniformia Suborder of dog-like carnivores which include dogs, coyotes, skunks, mustelids, walruses, seals, bears, and procyonids. Pinnipedia,Pinnipeds
D011078 Polychlorinated Biphenyls Industrial products consisting of a mixture of chlorinated biphenyl congeners and isomers. These compounds are highly lipophilic and tend to accumulate in fat stores of animals. Many of these compounds are considered toxic and potential environmental pollutants. PCBs,Polychlorinated Biphenyl,Polychlorobiphenyl Compounds,Biphenyl, Polychlorinated,Biphenyls, Polychlorinated,Compounds, Polychlorobiphenyl
D003634 DDT A polychlorinated pesticide that is resistant to destruction by light and oxidation. Its unusual stability has resulted in difficulties in residue removal from water, soil, and foodstuffs. This substance may reasonably be anticipated to be a carcinogen: Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985). (From Merck Index, 11th ed) 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane,4,4'-DDT,4,4'-Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane,Benzochloryl,Chlorophenothane,TbisC-ethane,p',p'-DDT,4,4' DDT,4,4' Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane,TbisC ethane
D005260 Female Females
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D046069 Fur Seals A group comprised of several species of eared seals found in two genera, in the family Otariidae. In comparison to SEA LIONS, they have an especially dense wooly undercoat. Arctocephalus,Callorhinus,Seals, Eared,Eared Seal,Eared Seals,Fur Seal,Seal, Eared,Seal, Fur,Seals, Fur

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