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Fluoride Tolerance

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Fluoride tolerance varies with species, age, and sex of the animal; individual resistance; dose, duration, and consistency of fluoride uptake; and dietary, nutritional, and environmental factors. The tolerance levels established by experimental studies may be erroneous sometimes, due to poor correlation between fluoride concentration in feed and water and actual bioavailability of the fluoride. Rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, mice, and some wild rodents are highly susceptible to fluoride toxicity. Among domestic animals, ruminants have less fluoride tolerance than simple-stomach animals. Carnivores are even more tolerant than herbivorous simple-stomach animals. Dental and bony lesions similar to those observed in domestic cattle and buffaloes may appear in wild cervids after excess fluoride intake. Poultry are highly tolerant to fluoride. On the other hand, insects, some other invertebrates, and soft water dwelling fish have low fluoride tolerance.

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Ranjan, R., Ranjan, A. (2015). Fluoride Tolerance. In: Fluoride Toxicity in Animals. SpringerBriefs in Animal Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17512-6_5

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