Concentrations of Essential and Non-essential Toxic Trace Elements in Wild Boar (Sus Scrofa L., 1758) Tissues from Southern Turkey

• Published in: Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2014, Vol.92 (1), p.10-14
• Main Authors: Yarsan, Ender, Yipel, Mustafa, Dikmen, Bilal, Altıntaş, Levent, Ekici, Hüsamettin, Köksal, Ali
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animal populations; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Animals, Wild - metabolism; Applied ecology; Aquatic Pollution; arsenic; Biological and medical sciences; Cadmium; Chemical contaminants; cobalt; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on vertebrates; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental Monitoring; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hair; Hazardous Substances - metabolism; Hogs; hooves; iron; Lead; Mammalia; Pollution; selenium; Soil Science & Conservation; Sus scrofa; Sus scrofa - metabolism; Toxicity; Trace elements; Trace Elements - metabolism; Turkey; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; wild boars; Zinc
• ISSN: 0007-4861; 1432-0800
• DOI: 10.1007/s00128-013-1134-0

Wild animals, including wild boars, are suitable for use as bioindicators. The aim of this study was to evaluate the concentrations of selected essential (Co, Cu, Fe, Se, Zn) and non-essential (As, Cd, Pb) potentially toxic trace elements in various tissues (hair and hoof) of wild boars hunted in the vicinity of Antalya province in Turkey, in relation to hunting seasons. Concentrations in mg/kg on dry weight basis were determined as 0.37 ± 0.27 mg/kg for As, 0.05 ± 0.04 mg/kg for Cd, 0.24 ± 0.33 mg/kg for Co, 4.84 ± 2.48 mg/kg for Cu, 289.94 ± 165.26 mg/kg for Fe, 8.71 ± 15.68 mg/kg for Pb, 0.24 ± 0.10 mg/kg for Se, and 28.99 ± 21.41 mg/kg for Zn in the hair samples; and as 0.11 ± 0.04 mg/kg for As, 0.01 ± 0.04 mg/kg for Cd, 0.01 ± 0.01 mg/kg for Co, 1.03 ± 0.25 mg/kg for Cu, 56.88 ± 18.68 mg/kg for Fe, 0.30 ± 0.18 mg/kg for Pb, 0.11 ± 0.05 mg/kg for Se, and 17.91 ± 10.98 mg/kg for Zn in the hoof samples.