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Soil ingestion by swine as a route of contaminant exposure

Publication year - 1982

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.5620010302

Subject(s) - ingestion , pasture , environmental science , feces , contamination , environmental chemistry , soil contamination , soil water , zoology , soil pollutants , agronomy , biology , chemistry , ecology , soil science , biochemistry

Soil ingestion was measured under farm conditions by use of the titanium content of feces and soil as an indicator. Ingestion of soil ranged from 1.2 to 5.7% of dry matter in the diet when swine were on lots with bare soil and from 3.3 to 8.0% when swine were on grass pasture. Background levels of soil ingestion ranged from 0.3 to 0.8% when swine were confined to concrete. Soil ingestion can be an important source of animal exposure when chemical contaminants occur in soil.

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