Changes in White Blood Cell Parameters of Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) Exposed to Low Levels of Oil

Little is known about sublethal effects on birds of low level exposure to oil. White blood cell parameters (total leukocyte counts and/or differentials) were measured in blood samples from Common Terns (Sterna hirundo; n = 71) exposed to low levels of oil from an oil spill in Buzzards Bay, Massachus...

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Published inWaterbirds (De Leon Springs, Fla.) Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 415 - 419
Main Authors Nisbet, Ian C. T, Tseng, Florina S, Fiorello, Christine V, Apanius, Victor
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Published Waterbirds Society 01.12.2015
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Abstract Little is known about sublethal effects on birds of low level exposure to oil. White blood cell parameters (total leukocyte counts and/or differentials) were measured in blood samples from Common Terns (Sterna hirundo; n = 71) exposed to low levels of oil from an oil spill in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, in 2003. Data from Common Terns (n = 16) sampled at the same site in a non-spill year were used for reference. Total leukocytes and lymphocytes were severely depressed when individuals were first sampled, 14–20 days after the spill, and returned to near to or above reference levels by day 39. Heterophils and heterophil/lymphocyte ratios were markedly elevated 14–20 days after the spill, and returned to below reference levels by day 39. These changes were closely parallel to changes in hematocrit in the same birds, but hematocrits were not correlated with white blood cell parameters, suggesting that mechanisms of action were different. The combination of immune suppression and anemia during the physiologically demanding period prior to and during egg-laying is likely to have caused adverse effects on reproduction.
AbstractList Little is known about sublethal effects on birds of low level exposure to oil. White blood cell parameters (total leukocyte counts and/or differentials) were measured in blood samples from Common Terns (Sterna hirundo; n = 71) exposed to low levels of oil from an oil spill in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, in 2003. Data from Common Terns (n = 16) sampled at the same site in a non-spill year were used for reference. Total leukocytes and lymphocytes were severely depressed when individuals were first sampled, 14–20 days after the spill, and returned to near to or above reference levels by day 39. Heterophils and heterophil/lymphocyte ratios were markedly elevated 14–20 days after the spill, and returned to below reference levels by day 39. These changes were closely parallel to changes in hematocrit in the same birds, but hematocrits were not correlated with white blood cell parameters, suggesting that mechanisms of action were different. The combination of immune suppression and anemia during the physiologically demanding period prior to and during egg-laying is likely to have caused adverse effects on reproduction.
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anemia
birds
hematocrit
heterophils
lymphocytes
mechanism of action
oil spills
oils
reproduction
Sterna hirundo
sublethal effects
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