Antlers as biomonitors of environmental pollution by lead and fluoride: A review

Kierdorf, Uwe; Kierdorf, Horst

doi:10.1007/s10344-005-0093-0

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“…Rodents and rabbits also gnaw bones and antlers to sharpen their incisors. Due to an extremely high growth rate, which can achieve 2-4 cm per day, combined with a very fast biomineralization, these unique appendages might be a well-suited animal model for studying the disturbances of bone formation induced by additives (e.g., by excess of fluoride) (Kierdorf and Kierdorf 2005). Antler size and external characteristics were found to be influenced by nutrition, climatic variability and other factors.…”

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“…Antler size and external characteristics were found to be influenced by nutrition, climatic variability and other factors. Thus, since antlers are periodically replaced, the analysis of naturally cast antlers offers the opportunity for a continuous and a noninvasive monitoring of the environmental pollution by these additives (Kierdorf and Kierdorf 2005).…”

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Calcium orthophosphates (CaPO 4 ): Occurrence and properties

Dorozhkin¹

2017

Morphologie

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Section: Antlersmentioning

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Section: Antlersmentioning

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Calcium orthophosphates (CaPO 4 ): Occurrence and properties

Dorozhkin¹

2017

Morphologie

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“…Rodents and rabbits also gnaw bones and antlers to sharpen their incisors. Due to an extremely high growth rate, which can achieve 2–4 cm per day 744 combined with a very fast biomineralization, these unique appendages might be a well-suited animal model for studying the disturbances of bone formation induced by additives (e.g., by excess of fluoride) 746 . Antler size and external characteristics were found to be influenced by nutrition, climatic variability and other factors.…”

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Calcium orthophosphates

2011

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The present overview is intended to point the readers’ attention to the important subject of calcium orthophosphates. This type of materials is of special significance for human beings, because they represent the inorganic part of major normal (bones, teeth and antlers) and pathological (i.e., those appearing due to various diseases) calcified tissues of mammals. For example, atherosclerosis results in blood vessel blockage caused by a solid composite of cholesterol with calcium orthophosphates, while dental caries and osteoporosis mean a partial decalcification of teeth and bones, respectively, that results in replacement of a less soluble and harder biological apatite by more soluble and softer calcium hydrogenphosphates. Therefore, the processes of both normal and pathological calcifications are just an in vivo crystallization of calcium orthophosphates. Similarly, dental caries and osteoporosis might be considered an in vivo dissolution of calcium orthophosphates. Thus, calcium orthophosphates hold a great significance for humankind, and in this paper, an overview on the current knowledge on this subject is provided.

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“…Muir et al (20) hypothesised that fluoride and Pb transport to the forming antler is not a continuous process but is more intense in the last phase of growing. During the last 10 weeks of antler growth, when tissue mineralisation is the most intense, approximately 65% of the total amount of the mineral is supplied (14,20).…”

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Variations of selected trace element contents in two layers of red deer antlers

Giżejewska

Nawrocka

Szkoda

et al. 2016

Journal of Veterinary Research

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Introduction: Hard antlers of deer are unique bioindicators of environmental metal pollutions, but sampling methods presented in the literature are inconsistent. Due to the specific growth pattern of antlers and their histological structure, sampling methods described in the literature were reviewed, the suitability of using mixed samples of both antler layers as element bioindicators was assessed, and the codified method of antler sampling used for bioindication was described. Material and Methods: Lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, copper, zinc, and iron in trabecular and cortical parts of hard antlers of red deer (Cervus elaphus) were determined using different methods of atomic absorption spectrometry (depending on the element). Results: Mean mercury content in trabecular bone (0.010 ±0.018 mg/kg) was 5 times higher than in cortical bone (0.002 ±0.003 mg/kg). Mean iron concentration was approximately 15 times higher in trabecular (239.83 ±130.15 mg/kg) than in cortical bone (16.17 ±16.44 mg/kg). Concentrations of other analysed elements did not differ statistically between antler layers. Conclusion: In mixed antler samples, concentrations of mercury and iron depend on the particular antler layer contents. This therefore warrants caution when comparing results across studies and specification of the sampling methodology of antlers is highly recommended.

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Antlers as biomonitors of environmental pollution by lead and fluoride: A review

Abstract: Antlers are periodically cast and re-grown cranial appendages of deer. Both endochondral and intramembranous ossification are involved in the forma

Cited by 29 publications

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Calcium orthophosphates (CaPO 4 ): Occurrence and properties

Calcium orthophosphates (CaPO 4 ): Occurrence and properties

Calcium orthophosphates

Variations of selected trace element contents in two layers of red deer antlers

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