Further investigation of risk elements content in the bones of wild rodents from a polluted area in Slovakia

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Monika Martiniakova⁵  Radoslav Omelka²  Birgit Grosskopf¹  Hana Duranova⁵  Robert Stawarz³  Ivan Balaz⁴ 

[1] Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Georg-August University, Göttingen, 37 073, Germany

[2] Department of Botany and Genetics, Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, 949 74, Slovakia

[3] Institute of Biology, Krakow Pedagogical University, Kraków, 31 054, Poland

[4] Department of Ecology and Environmentalistics, Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, 949 01, Slovakia

[5] Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, 949 74, Slovakia

关键词: Slovakia;    Wild rodents;    Bone;    Risk elements;   

Others  :  1222975
DOI  :  10.1186/s13028-015-0138-7

 received in 2015-05-26, accepted in 2015-08-14,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Wild rodents are suitable for monitoring environmental pollution and exposure risk assessment for people living in contaminated areas. The content of selected risk elements in the femora of bank vole (Myodes glareolus), yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) and wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) was estimated from the Kolíňany area of Slovakia, which is characterized by a high degree of environmental pollution. The rodents were trapped in February 2011 using standard theriological methods. All animals (n = 32) were adult males in good physical condition. The concentrations of Fe, Cu, Zn and Ni in their bones were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry.

Results

The highest concentrations of Fe and Cu were detected in the bones of yellow-necked mouse. Significant differences were observed for the content of Fe between A. flavicollis and M. glareolus (P < 0.05). The highest levels of Zn and Ni were found in the femora of wood mouse; however, significant differences were not detected between the rodents. Moreover, the concentrations of Cu, Zn and Ni were significantly higher in the bones of all three species (P < 0.05) in comparison with the values obtained in the same animal species at the same site in February 2007.

Conclusions

Our results demonstrate an increased accumulation of Cu, Zn and Ni in the femora of M. glareolus, A. flavicollis and A. sylvaticus from the Kolíňany area and thus indicate towards ongoing contamination of this locality.

【 授权许可】

   
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