[Correlation between plasma ferritin and iron from liver and spleen in chicken (author's transl)]

Plasmatic, hepatic and splenic ferritin concentrations, measured by a radioimmunoassay method, have been studied in three groups of animals, with different iron status: In overload, in deficiency and control. Significant differences in plasmatic, hepatic and splenic ferritin concentrations were observed between overloaded and deficient animals. Simultaneously, liver and spleen ferritin iron values, significantly higher in overloaded than in deficient, were also found.