Moeller R B, Kalasinsky V F, Razzaque M, Centeno J A, Dick E J, Abdal M, Petrov I I, DeWitt T W, al-Attar M, Pletcher J M
Department of Veterinary Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C. 20306.
J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol. 1994;13(2):137-49.
Twenty-six adult or subadult feral cats were collected from Kuwait approximately 8 months after the ignition of the Kuwait oil wells. These animals were obtained from two sources: 12 animals from Kuwait City, a relatively smoke-free area, and 14 from the city of Ahmadi, an area with heavy smoke. Animals were euthanized and a complete set of tissues consisting of all major organs was taken for histopathology. Samples of lung, liver, kidney, urine, and blood were also taken for toxicology. Histopathological lesions observed in the lung were mild accumulations of anthracotic pigment in the lungs of 17 cats. Hyperplasia of the bronchial and bronchiolar gland in 8 cats, and smooth muscle hyperplasia of bronchioles in 14 cats. Tracheal gland hyperplasia was observed in 7 cats, and minimal squamous metaplasia of the tracheal mucosa in 17 cats, Laryngeal lesions consisted of submucosal gland hyperplasia in 2 cats and squamous metaplasia of the mucosa in 5 cats. Hyperplasia of the nasal submucosal glands was observed in 6 animals. The pharyngeal mucosa as well as other organs and organ systems were normal in all cats. Atomic absorption analysis for 11 metals was performed; vanadium and nickel levels (two metals that were present in the smoke from the oil fires) are not indicative of substantial exposure to the oil fires. Based on the histopathological findings and toxicological analysis, it is felt that inhalation of air contaminated with smoke from the oil fires had little or no long-term effect on the animals examined.
在科威特油井着火大约8个月后，从科威特收集了26只成年或亚成年野猫。这些动物来自两个来源：12只来自科威特市，一个相对无烟的地区，14只来自艾哈迈迪市，一个烟雾浓重的地区。对动物实施安乐死后，获取了一套完整的组织，包括所有主要器官，用于组织病理学检查。还采集了肺、肝、肾、尿液和血液样本进行毒理学分析。在肺中观察到的组织病理学病变包括：17只猫的肺中有轻度煤尘色素沉着；8只猫的支气管和细支气管腺体增生；14只猫的细支气管平滑肌增生；7只猫的气管腺体增生；17只猫的气管黏膜有轻度鳞状化生；2只猫的喉部病变为黏膜下腺体增生，5只猫的黏膜有鳞状化生；6只动物的鼻黏膜下腺体增生。所有猫的咽黏膜以及其他器官和器官系统均正常。对11种金属进行了原子吸收分析；钒和镍的含量（油火烟雾中存在的两种金属）并不表明动物大量接触了油火。基于组织病理学发现和毒理学分析，认为吸入被油火烟雾污染的空气对所检查的动物几乎没有长期影响。
