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ReviewBiomolecules2025

Toxicity Mechanisms of Microplastic and Its Effects on Ruminant Production: A Review.

Mengrong Su, Shangquan Gan, Rui Gao, Chunmei Du, Chen Wei, Ali Mujtaba Shah, Jian Ma

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Review in Biomolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mengrong SuCollege of Coastal Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.ORCID 0009-0005-0482-6058
Shangquan GanCollege of Coastal Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2880-7677
Rui GaoCollege of Coastal Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0162-569X
Chunmei DuCollege of Coastal Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2058-0228
Chen WeiCollege of Coastal Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5776-0500
Ali Mujtaba ShahCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3698-6775
Jian MaCollege of Coastal Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6979-5070

Funding

Innovation Team Project of Guangdong Province 2024KCXTD040Program for Scientific Research Start-upfunds of Guangdong Ocean University 060302052308, 060302052318
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plastic pollution has become one of the major environmental problems facing human beings in the world today. Plastic waste accumulated in the environment forms plastic particles of different sizes due to farming activities, climate change, ultraviolet light, microbial degradation, and animal chewing. The pollution caused by microplastics has become a major environmental problem in recent years, and it is also a research hotspot in the field of ecological environment. More and more studies have found that ruminants are exposed to microplastics for a long time, which seriously threaten their healthy growth. This paper introduces the current situation of plastic pollution; the properties of microplastics and their effects on the ecological environment, human beings, and animals; summarizes the types and toxicity mechanisms of microplastics; and concludes the main ways that microplastics enter ruminants and their harm to them. In addition, the shortcomings and future development of microplastics in ruminants research are summarized and prospected to provide theoretical reference for the related research on alleviating the influence of microplastics on ruminant production.

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MicroplasticsRuminantsAnimalsHumansMicroplasticsmicroorganismmicroplasticoxidative stressruminantstoxicity mechanism

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PMID40305187
PMCPMC12024882

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