Abnormalities in Unhatched Chicks of Japanese Quails Fed with Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles-Juniper Publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF DAIRY & VETERINARY SCIENCES Abstract According to some reports, zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONs) are toxic. Therefore, their toxicity was assessed in Japanese quail offspring, which breeders were fed with ZnONs. Two abnormal chicks were observed in this report. It is concluded that ZnONs have the teratogenic potential in Japanese quail embryos and these results confirm that ZnONs could pose the potential risk for animal and human health. Keywords: Japanese quail; Zinc oxide nanoparticles; Embryonic abnormalities Introduction In the past few years, with the rapid development of nanotechnology and owing to their wide industrial and commercial applications, manufactured nanomaterials are now used in pharmaceutics, commodities, biomedical products, human and animal foods [ 1 , 2 ]. Nanoscale materials possess more novel, unique and specific physicochemical properties such as durabilit...