Comparison of the content of selected heavy metals in the liver tissue of the wild boar (Sus scrofa), red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and red deer (Cervus elaphus), living in north-eastern Poland

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/138734/edition/120936/content" target="_blank" >https://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/138734/edition/120936/content</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.24425/pjvs.2021.138734" target="_blank" >10.24425/pjvs.2021.138734</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Comparison of the content of selected heavy metals in the liver tissue of the wild boar (Sus scrofa), red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and red deer (Cervus elaphus), living in north-eastern Poland

Original language description

The study aimed to determine the content of selenium (Se), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu) and cadmium (Cd) in the liver of predominantly plant-eating omnivore wild boar (Sus scrofa), predominantly meat-eating omnivore red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and herbivore red deer (Cervus elaphus), from North-Eastern Poland (Warmia and Mazury), in order to verify the distribution of these elements in the trophic pyramid. Furthermore, the study was used to assess the risk of eating venison. Samples were analyzed using atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The average concentration of Se was 3.9 (p&lt;0.001) and 1.8-fold higher (p&lt;0.001) in the wild boar and red fox, respectively, in comparison to the red deer, and 2.1-fold higher in the wild boar comparing to the red fox (p&lt;0.001). There was no difference in the average concentration of Zn. The average concentration of Cu was 9.3. Concentration of this element was 5.4-fold higher in red deer in comparison to red fox (p&lt;0.001) and 9,34-fold higher than in wild boar (p&lt;0.001). The average concentration of Cd was 1.9-fold higher in wild boar in comparison to the red fox (p&lt;0.029). Correlation between Cu and Cd concentrations was also observed in the case of the red deer and red fox, while no such correlations were observed between the tested elements in the wild boar. In conclusion, the liver concentrations of these heavy metals in selected wild animas species from the hunting areas of Warmia and Mazury, do not exceed standard safe values for consumers. Moreover, the wild red deer population in North-Eastern Poland is significantly Se deficient.

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

2021

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences

ISSN

1505-1773

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

425-432

UT code for WoS article

000704586300013

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85118849660