Distribution of Cd and Pb in the tissues and organs of free-living animals in the territory of Slovakia

• Published in: Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 171 - 176
• Main Authors: Kottferova, J. (Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine, Kosice, Slovak Republic.), Korenekova, B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Springer-Verlag 01.01.1998; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: ANIMAL SALVAJE; ANIMAL SAUVAGE; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Animals, Wild - metabolism; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; CADMIO; CADMIUM; Cadmium - analysis; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CHEVREUIL; CORZO; Deer - metabolism; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on vertebrates; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Pollutants - analysis; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; HARES; JABALI; Kidney - metabolism; Lagomorpha - metabolism; LEAD; Lead - analysis; LIEBRE; LIEVRE; Liver - metabolism; Mammalia; Muscle, Skeletal - metabolism; PLOMB; PLOMO; REPUBLICA ESLOVACA; REPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE; ROE DEER; SANGLIER; SLOVAK REPUBLIC; Slovakia; Species Specificity; WILD ANIMALS; WILD BOAR; Europe; Slovakia; Cadmium; Transition metal; Wild animal; Lagomorpha; Capreolus capreolus; Heavy metal; Tissue; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Cervus elaphus; Distribution; Lead; Lepus europaeus; Artiodactyla; Biological accumulation; Sus scrofa; Ungulata
• ISSN: 0007-4861; 1432-0800
• DOI: 10.1007/s001289900607

Samples of muscle, kidney, and liver were collected from free-living roe deer, red deer, European hare, and wild boar in eastern Slovakia, and the distribution of cadmium and lead was determined. The concentration data are tabulated. In the two deer species, Cd levels never exceeded the permissible limit, but in European hare, Cd concentrations in kidneys exceeded standards, as did the Cd levels in kidneys of wild boar. For Pb, concentrations never exceeded permissible levels in any tissue of any species.