Response of Japanese quail to hemorrhagic stress after exposure to microwave radiation during embryogeny.

PAPER pubmed Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology 1986 Animal study Effect: harm Evidence: Low

Read original paper → DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(86)90277-x PMID: 2879671 Evidence Lab

Abstract

Coturnix coturnix japonica eggs were exposed to 2.45 GHz continuous wave microwave radiation at an incident power density of 5 mW/cm2 (SAR = 4 mW/g) during the first 12 days of embryogeny. After hatching, hematologic changes in response to an acute hemorrhage were measured in exposed and nonexposed (control) juveniles and adults of both sexes. Reticulocyte numbers and percentages were depressed below control numbers at 24 hr postphlebotomy in exposed adult females. Lymphocyte numbers were depressed below control levels at 24 hr postphlebotomy in exposed juvenile and adult males. At 72 hr heterophil numbers were depressed in exposed juvenile and adult males. These data suggest that microwave irradiation during embryogeny affects the ability of Japanese quail to recover from an acute and voluminous hemorrhage and that these radiation effects are small.

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At a glance

Study type

Animal study

Effect direction

harm

Population

Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) embryos; outcomes assessed in juveniles and adults of both sexes after hatching

Sample size

—

Exposure

microwave · 2450 MHz · 4 W/kg · first 12 days of embryogeny

Evidence strength

Low

Confidence: 74% · Peer-reviewed: yes

Main findings

Eggs exposed to 2.45 GHz continuous-wave microwaves (5 mW/cm2; SAR 4 mW/g) during the first 12 days of embryogeny showed small depressions in certain blood cell measures after an acute hemorrhage compared with controls. Reticulocytes were depressed at 24 hr postphlebotomy in exposed adult females; lymphocytes were depressed at 24 hr in exposed juvenile and adult males; heterophils were depressed at 72 hr in exposed juvenile and adult males.

Outcomes measured

Hematologic response to acute hemorrhage (postphlebotomy)
Reticulocyte numbers and percentages
Lymphocyte numbers
Heterophil numbers

Limitations

Sample size not reported in abstract
Only selected hematologic endpoints and timepoints reported (24 hr, 72 hr)
Animal model; generalizability to humans not addressed
Effects described as small by authors

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    "sample_size": null,
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