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Characterization of Molecular Mechanisms of In vivo UVR Induced Cataract
Published on: November 28, 2012
[Increased occurrence of nuclear cataract in the calf after erection of a mobile phone base station]
1Departement für Nutztiere, Ambulanz und Bestandesmedizin, Universität Zürich. mhaessig@vetclinics.uzh.ch
Schweizer Archiv Fur Tierheilkunde
|January 31, 2012
Abstract:
We examined and monitored a dairy farm in which a large number of calves were born with nuclear cataracts after a mobile phone base station had been erected in the vicinity of the barn. Calves showed a 3.5 times higher risk for heavy cataract if born there compared to Swiss average. All usual causes such as infection or poisoning, common in Switzerland, could be excluded. The real cause of the increased incidence of cataracts remains unknown.

