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Rats reproduce and rear litters during chronic exposure to 150‐kV/m, 60‐Hz electric fields
Author(s) -
Rommereim D. N.,
Kaune W. T.,
Anderson L. E.,
Sikov M. R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.2250100407
Subject(s) - electric field , reproduction , biology , zoology , veterinary medicine , physics , medicine , ecology , quantum mechanics
Mature female rats and their subsequent litters were exposed either to 112‐ or to 150‐kV/m, 60‐Hz electric fields or sham‐exposed for 19 h daily through pre‐breeding, breeding, and rearing periods of experimentation. Exposed females mated in equal percentages and reared litters of equal numbers, and mean body masses of pups were the same as those of sham‐exposed animals. Thus, experiments to investigate electric‐field effects on reproduction and development in rats are feasible at effective field strengths of 112 and 150 k V/m.