Impact of Breeding Region and Season on the Content of Some Trace Elements and Heavy Metals in the Hair of Cows

Cygan-Szczegielniak, Dorota; Stanek, Magdalena; Giernatowska, Emilia; Janicki, Bogdan

doi:10.3409/fb62_3.163

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“…In this case, the largest share in these relationships is ascribed to the hair and liver, as well as to the hair and kidneys. This may indicate that the hair is a good matrix for the initial assessment of animal exposure to various metals, which was confirmed, among others, by Cygan-Szczegielniak et al [ 5 , 13 ] and other authors [ 3 , 14 ]. Moreover, the hair may be collected from the animal in vivo, which in some cases is of great importance.…”

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“…The exception was the hair of red deer, in which Cd concentration was 50% lower (0.13 mg·kg −1 of d.w.) than in muscles of fallow deer. Animal hair is certainly one of the most important matrices that can be used as a bioindicator of trace elements in the environment [ 5 , 13 ], as with human hair [ 14 ]. The content of individual macro- and microelements as well as Pb and Cd in the hair of red deer was comparable to the content measured in the same matrix from red deer in the season before the present study [ 5 ].…”

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“…Some plants tend to accumulate more pollutants [ 10 ] of which the consumption by an animal is a source of direct exposure to these compounds and their increased accumulation in animal tissues [ 7 ]. Toxic elements can accumulate in hard tissues, such as bones, teeth [ 7 , 8 ] and antlers [ 9 ], in hair [ 3 , 5 , 13 , 14 ] and in the parenchymal organs, such as the liver [ 4 , 15 , 16 ], muscles [ 6 , 17 ] and kidneys [ 4 , 18 ]. Red deer living in a given area have different access to essential trace elements and toxic elements, which is reflected in their different concentration in animal tissues [ 11 ].…”

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The Levels of Mineral Elements and Toxic Metals in the Longissimus lumborum Muscle, Hair and Selected Organs of Red Deer (Cervus elaphus L.) in Poland

Cygan-Szczegielniak

2021

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The aim of the study was to analyse correlations and variability between the levels of mineral elements (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Na, K, Ca and Mg) and toxic metals (Pb and Cd) in the longissimus lumborum muscle, hair and selected organs of red deer (Cervus elaphus L.). The levels of mineral elements were measured using atomic absorption spectroscopy (F-AAS). The levels of Pb and Cd were analysed by means of electrothermal atomic absorption spectroscopy (ET-AAS). Of all analysed microelements, the highest concentration (in g·kg−1 of dry weight) was found for Fe in the liver. Considering all macroelements, the highest level was found for K in the longissimus lumborum muscle. Particularly remarkable was the high level of Pb in the muscle and hair of red deer. The level of Cd in the hair was four to five times lower than in other samples. The study revealed many significant correlations between the levels of certain elements in individual tissues and organs. There were significant correlations between Cu-Fe (rxy = 0.650; p ≤ 0.01), Pb-Cu (rxy = −0.863; p ≤ 0.01) and Cd-Ca (rxy = −0.743; p ≤ 0.01) in testicles. For kidneys, a significant negative correlation was found for K and Na (rxy = −0.779; p ≤ 0.01) and for Ca and Cd (rxy = −0.695; p ≤ 0.01), and a positive correlation between Cu and Mn (rxy = 0.693; p ≤ 0.01). In the liver, significant negative correlations were found between Ca-K (rxy = −0.654; p ≤ 0.05), Cd-Fe (rxy = −0.651; p ≤ 0.05) and Pb-Cu (rxy = −0.627; p ≤ 0.05). In the muscle, only single significant correlations were found between Cd and Mn (rxy = 0.648; p ≤ 0.05). The highest number of significant correlations were recorded for the hair, among others between Na-K (rxy = 0.760) and Ca-Zn (rxy = 0.709) at p ≤ 0.01. The study revealed high variability in the levels of mineral elements and selected toxic metals in tissues, organs and hair of red deer. Additionally, this research confirmed that the accumulation of a specific metal in a tissue or organ can reduce its concentration in another matrix or promote its increased content in another tissue or organ.

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The Levels of Mineral Elements and Toxic Metals in the Longissimus lumborum Muscle, Hair and Selected Organs of Red Deer (Cervus elaphus L.) in Poland

Cygan-Szczegielniak

2021

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“…Present content of Cd was higher than critical limit of Cd in blood of animals 0.5 mg/L as observed by WHO (2000). (Krupa et al, 2006: Cygan-Szczegielniak et al, 2014: Gabryszuk et al,2008:Su et al, 2017 (2010) noted values ranged from 0.02 to 0.08mg/L both of the ndings were Found lower than current observed concentration of Cd in irrigation water while safe limit of Cd in water was reported 0.01mg/L (Pescod ,1992) our concentration of Cd surpass this concentration. Alrawiq et al(2014) reported BCF values varied from 0.221-0.490 mg/kg lower than present study.…”

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Transfer and accumulation of cadmium in soil, forages and animals: Risk assessment

Sultana¹,

Ge²,

Fu³

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Over past several years pollution in industrialized areas is the most attention seeking issue. Higher level of heavy metals especially cadmium is accumulated in atmosphere evolved from smoke of automobiles. Living system present around the contaminated areas accumulate heavy metals in their bodies. Heavy metals have been accumulated in soil, water, forages and animals so study was conducted in industrialized area Faisalabad to evaluate the possible risk. Three sites was selected to check the accumulation of cadmium in soil, water, forages and animals. These sampling sites was areas along the roadsides of Chak Jhumra, Jaranwala and Samundri. Sample of soil, forages,water and blood,hair feces of animals was collected from these sites. The digestion of samples was carried out with the help of nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide. Atomic absorption spectrophotometer was used to evaluate heavy metal analysis. Analysis of variance was done by using SPSS Software (version no. 20) and two ways ANOVA. Result indicated that concentration of Cd was higher in soil irrigated with municipal wastewater and concentration of Cd was highest in forages C. album present at site III. Higher concentration of Cd was observed in blood of sheep higher than critical value. Concentration of cadmium was higher than critical in blood of animals indicating transfer of metal via intake of contaminated forages. The sample collected from site III showed high daily intake of metals (DIM), health risk index (HRI), pollution load index (PLI), enrichment factor (EF) and Bioconcentration factor (BCF). This study will bring consideration concerning the development of approaches in order to overcome the toxic effects of cadmium.

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“…Hair analysis has been studied in various animal species: livestock (Combs 1987;Christodoulopoulos et al 2003;Cygan-Szczegielniak et al 2014), sheep (Hawkins and Ragnarsdottir 2009), goats Pitropovska et al 2014 SD -standard deviation, C -colour; * Significance P ≤ 0.05, *** Significance P ≤ 0.001, ns -not significant , camels (Faye and Seboussi 2009), mule deer (Roug et al 2015), horse (Dunnett and Lees 2003;Asano et al 2005) and seals (Ikemoto et al 2004). Some of these studies show the diagnostic potential of hair analysis.…”

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The evaluation of Cu, Zn, Mn, and Se concentrations in the hair of South American camelids

Holasová

Pechová

Husáková³

2017

Acta Vet. Brno

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The aim of this study was to monitor the content of trace elements in the hair of South American camelids and to evaluate the effect of coat colour, species, age, and sex on their concentration in the hair. The samples were collected from 77 animals -23 llamas (Llama guanicoe f. gllama) and 54 alpacas (Llama guanicoe f. pacos) during a spring health check. The concentrations of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and manganese (Mn) were determined by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry and selenium (Se) by Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. We found the following concentrations (mean ± standard deviation; mg/kg dry matter) in the llama hair: Cu 9.70 ± 4.69; Zn 145.20 ± 21.07; Mn 12.49 ± 10.14; Se 0.25 ± 0.14. In alpaca hair we found the following concentrations: Cu 10.22 ± 2.90; Zn 129.81 ± 19.01; Mn 12.67 ± 13.85; Se 0.48 ± 0.24. We found a significant difference between llamas and alpacas in Zn and Se concentrations in the hair. From all the evaluated factors we found that coat colour had the highest effect on Mn and Se concentration. Dark haired animals had significantly higher concentrations of these trace elements than other coloured groups. The evaluation of the concentration of trace elements in the hair of llamas has a potential to be used for the evaluation of long-term status of trace elements in the body; however, it is necessary to continue with experimental work in this area. Our findings can serve as a pilot study for further works in this field.

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Impact of Breeding Region and Season on the Content of Some Trace Elements and Heavy Metals in the Hair of Cows

Cited by 26 publications

References 12 publications

The Levels of Mineral Elements and Toxic Metals in the Longissimus lumborum Muscle, Hair and Selected Organs of Red Deer (Cervus elaphus L.) in Poland

The Levels of Mineral Elements and Toxic Metals in the Longissimus lumborum Muscle, Hair and Selected Organs of Red Deer (Cervus elaphus L.) in Poland

Transfer and accumulation of cadmium in soil, forages and animals: Risk assessment

The evaluation of Cu, Zn, Mn, and Se concentrations in the hair of South American camelids

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