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In ovo tris(2‐butoxyethyl) phosphate concentrations significantly decrease in late incubation after a single exposure via injection, with no evidence of effects on hatching success or latent effects on growth or reproduction in zebra finches
Author(s) -
Eng Margaret L.,
Letcher Robert J.,
Williams Tony D.,
Elliott John E.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.3502
Subject(s) - in ovo , incubation , phosphate , chemistry , hatching , tris , incubation period , environmental chemistry , toxicology , biology , biochemistry , zoology , embryo , microbiology and biotechnology
Zebra finch ( Taeniopygia guttata ) eggs were injected with the organophosphate triester flame retardant tris(2‐butoxyethyl) phosphate (TBOEP) at 0 μg/g, 0.01 μg/g, 1 μg/g, 10 μg/g, or 50 μg/g egg. Subsets of high‐dose eggs were collected throughout incubation to measure TBOEP, which started declining in late incubation and then decreased rapidly to 28% of injected concentration by hatching. The authors found no effects of TBOEP on survival, growth, or reproduction even at very high doses. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017;36:83–88. © 2016 SETAC