AD  - Department of Veterinary Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C. 20306.
TA  - J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol
LR  - 20031114
DCOM- 19950407
PST - ppublish
AB  - Twenty-six adult or subadult feral cats were collected from Kuwait approximately 8 months after the ignition of the Kuwait oil wells. These animals were obtained from two sources: 12 animals from Kuwait City, a relatively smoke-free area, and 14 from the city of Ahmadi, an area with heavy smoke. Animals were euthanized and a complete set of tissues consisting of all major organs was taken for histopathology. Samples of lung, liver, kidney, urine, and blood were also taken for toxicology. Histopathological lesions observed in the lung were mild accumulations of anthracotic pigment in the lungs of 17 cats. Hyperplasia of the bronchial and bronchiolar gland in 8 cats, and smooth muscle hyperplasia of bronchioles in 14 cats. Tracheal gland hyperplasia was observed in 7 cats, and minimal squamous metaplasia of the tracheal mucosa in 17 cats, Laryngeal lesions consisted of submucosal gland hyperplasia in 2 cats and squamous metaplasia of the mucosa in 5 cats. Hyperplasia of the nasal submucosal glands was observed in 6 animals. The pharyngeal mucosa as well as other organs and organ systems were normal in all cats. Atomic absorption analysis for 11 metals was performed; vanadium and nickel levels (two metals that were present in the smoke from the oil fires) are not indicative of substantial exposure to the oil fires. Based on the histopathological findings and toxicological analysis, it is felt that inhalation of air contaminated with smoke from the oil fires had little or no long-term effect on the animals examined.
STAT- completed
LA  - eng
PG  - 137-49
SB  - IM
DA  - 19950407
IP  - 2
EDAT- 1994/01/01
AU  - Moeller RB Jr
AU  - Kalasinsky VF
AU  - Razzaque M
AU  - Centeno JA
AU  - Dick EJ
AU  - Abdal M
AU  - Petrov II
AU  - DeWitt TW
AU  - al-Attar M
AU  - Pletcher JM
AU  - et al.
JID - 8501420
OWN - NLM
MHDA- 2001/03/28 10:01
PMID- 7884645
SO  - J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol 1994;13(2):137-49.
DP  - 1994
IS  - 0731-8898
TI  - Assessment of the histopathological lesions and chemical analysis of feral cats to the smoke from the Kuwait oil fires.
FAU - Pletcher, J M
FAU - al-Attar, M
FAU - Abdal, M
FAU - Petrov, I I
FAU - DeWitt, T W
FAU - Razzaque, M
FAU - Centeno, J A
FAU - Kalasinsky, V F
FAU - Dick, E J
FAU - Moeller, R B Jr
MH  - Animals
MH  - Smoke/*adverse effects
MH  - Animals, Wild
MH  - Autopsy/veterinary
MH  - Cat Diseases/etiology/*metabolism/*pathology
MH  - Cats
MH  - Kuwait
MH  - Petroleum/*adverse effects
MH  - Respiratory Tract Diseases/etiology/metabolism/pathology/*veterinary
PL  - UNITED STATES
VI  - 13
PT  - Journal Article