Effects of Long-Term Lead Exposure on Antioxidant Enzyme Defense System in Organs of Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus Pallas) as a Bioindicator of Environmental Pollution in Croatia

Linšak, Željko; Gobin, Ivana; Linšak, Dijana Tomić; Broznić, Dalibor

doi:10.1007/s12011-021-03090-6

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“…Long-term Pb exposure in hares negatively affect their oxidative status and caused the strongest toxicity in brain and muscle, threatening their survival and/or population number (Linšak et al. 2022 ). In our study, the most common changes found in the brain of both age groups were degenerative changes ( Table 1 ).…”

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Influence of age, habitat elevation, and distance to a thermal power plant on pathomorphological findings in the European brown hare ( Lepuseuropaeus P.)

Marinković,

Relić,

Lakić

et al. 2023

Veterinary Quarterly

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The lifespan of the European hare (Lepus europaeus P.) is affected by a number of negative factors, including pollutants. In this paper, the individual and joint influence of age and habitat (elevation and distance from the thermal power plant - TPP) on pathomorphological findings of hares shot during three hunting seasons was investigated. Pathomorphological changes were found in 95.12% of hares. In hares up to 1 year of age, the changes were predominant in the lungs, and in older hares, in the kidneys. Degenerative changes in kidneys and liver and inflammatory changes in kidneys and lungs were considered important most in discussing the influence of chemical pollution. The proximity of TPP influenced the type of changes in the liver. A significant joint effect of age and elevation on the type of changes in the lungs of adult hares and on the heart of young hares was found. Elevation and distance from TPP had a joint effect on the occurrence of changes in the lungs, intestines, and heart in hares from the field farther from TPP. The results indicate that the hares were highly exposed to chemical pollutants that may affect their immunity, and lifespan.

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confidence: 99%