Fluoride Toxicity in Animals

• Main Authors: Ranjan, Rakesh (Author), Ranjan, Amita (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Animal Sciences,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; Public health.; Veterinary medicine.; Animal physiology.; Ecotoxicology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Veterinary Medicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Animal Physiology.; Public Health.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.

This book describes in detail various aspects of fluoride toxicity in animals. Animals, like human beings, suffer from the toxic effects of excess fluoride intake. They show pathological changes in their teeth and bone, together with a marked reduction in appetite, productive and reproductive potent...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Sources of fluoride toxicity
• Fluoride kinetics and metabolism
• Toxic effects
• Fluoride tolerance
• Fluoride analysis
• Mitigation and prevention of fluorosis.