A multi-year study monitoring the cadmium content in the tissues of lambs and sheep sampled in the Czech Republic between 2001 and 2022

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F24%3A00137587" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/24:00137587 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/62157124:16170/24:43881513 RIV/62157124:16270/24:43881513

Result on the web

<a href="https://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/vet-202409-0004_a-multi-year-study-monitoring-the-cadmium-content-in-the-tissues-of-lambs-and-sheep-sampled-in-the-czech-republ.php" target="_blank" >https://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/vet-202409-0004_a-multi-year-study-monitoring-the-cadmium-content-in-the-tissues-of-lambs-and-sheep-sampled-in-the-czech-republ.php</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/45/2024-VETMED" target="_blank" >10.17221/45/2024-VETMED</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A multi-year study monitoring the cadmium content in the tissues of lambs and sheep sampled in the Czech Republic between 2001 and 2022

Original language description

Cadmium is one of the most important environmental contaminants. Animals grazing on natural pastures are particularly exposed to cadmium. Sheep are mostly reared in extensive and grazing systems. Therefore, sheep may accumulate larger amounts of cadmium compared to other ruminant species and are a good indicator of exposure to cadmium contamination in a given area. The determination of cadmium concentrations in the muscles, livers and kidneys of lambs and sheep was carried out in the Czech Republic during the period 2001-2022. The average cadmium content in the livers and kidneys of all the lambs was 0.037 +/- 0.006 and 0.061 +/- 0.013 mg.kg(-1), respectively. The average cadmium content in the livers and kidneys of all the sheep was 0.319 +/- 0.047 and 1.255 +/- 0.204 mg.kg(-1), respectively. The maximum limit for human consumption was not exceeded in any of the 24 samples in the lambs but was exceeded in 5 of 33 liver samples and 12 of 33 kidney samples in the adult sheep. The average value of cadmium in the muscles of the lambs and sheep was 0.004 +/- 0.001 mg.kg(-1). The maximum limit for human consumption was not exceeded in any muscle sample. The cadmium content in both the liver and in the kidney differs significantly between the lambs and sheep, being higher in the sheep (P &lt; 0.001 for both comparisons). No statistically significant trend of a decrease in the cadmium content in the lamb and sheep tissues was found during the observed time (P &gt; 0.05). We can sum up that there is an evident need for further monitoring of the cadmium concentration in lamb and sheep tissues in the Czech Republic.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Veterinarni Medicina

ISSN

0375-8427

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

69

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

314-320

UT code for WoS article

001328061800002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85205356481