Dentalfluorose des Rehwildes in der Region einer slowakischen Aluminiumfabrik

Comparative analysis of dental fluorosis in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and red deer (Cervus elaphus): interdental variation and species differences

“…An interdental variation of¯uorotic alterations in principle corresponding to that described above was later also observed by other authors in ®eld studies on roe deer from¯uoride-polluted habitats (Hell, Stanovsky & Zilinec, 1995;Launer et al, 1996). However, in individuals (n = 37) living near an aluminium smelter in Slovakia, Hell et al (1995) observed a higher prevalence of¯uorosis (27.8%) in the M 1 .…”

“…An interdental variation of¯uorotic alterations in principle corresponding to that described above was later also observed by other authors in ®eld studies on roe deer from¯uoride-polluted habitats (Hell, Stanovsky & Zilinec, 1995;Launer et al, 1996). However, in individuals (n = 37) living near an aluminium smelter in Slovakia, Hell et al (1995) observed a higher prevalence of¯uorosis (27.8%) in the M 1 . Likewise, Vikùren & Stuve (1996), studying roe deer from the vicinity of Norwegian aluminium smelters, diagnosed¯uorotic alterations of the M 1 in two out of seven (= 28.6%) roe deer mandibles exhibiting dental¯uorosis.…”

“…We agree with Vikùren & Stuve (1996) that in severelȳ uoride-polluted habitats roe deer fawns can apparently take up suf®cient¯uoride with the vegetation during late enamel maturation of their M 1 to induce¯uorotic alterations in this tooth. This probably explains the higher prevalence of dental¯uorosis in the M 1 of the roe deer samples analysed by Hell et al (1995) and Vikùren & Stuve (1996), which originated from heavily¯uoridepolluted areas adjacent to aluminium smelters. In addition to variations in¯uoride uptake, individual variation in the timing of the maturation stage of amelogenesis may also contribute to differences in the prevalence and severity of¯uorotic alterations in the M 1 .…”

Dental fluorosis and skeletal fluoride content as biomarkers of excess fluoride exposure in marsupials

“…More recently, dental fluorosis was also reported in red deer from Argentina exposed to fluoridecontaining tephra from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic eruption (Flueck and Smith-Flueck, 2013). Dental fluorosis in animals exposed to excess fluoride from industrial sources has been reported in a range of species of small mammals (Boulton et al, 1994;Walton, 1987), white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus (Karstad, 1967;Suttie et al, 1987), black-tailed deer, Odocoileus hemionus (Newman and Yu, 1976), roe deer, Capreolus capreolus (Hell et al, 1995;Kierdorf, 1988;Kierdorf et al, 1993;, red deer (Kierdorf et al, 1996a,b;Shupe et al, 1984;, moose, Alces alces , bison, Bison bison (Shupe et al, 1984), and wild boar, Sus scrofa (Kierdorf et al, 2000). Across species, levels of fluoride measured in bone reflect the accumulation of fluoride throughout the life of an individual, so bone fluoride levels increase with age (Kay et al, 1976;Kierdorf et al, 1995;Weinstein and Davison, 2004).…”