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https://doi.org/10.15177/seefor.26-013
The Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) as the Bio-indicator of the Presence of Heavy Metals (Cd and Pb) in Three Hunting Grounds of Central Serbia
Dejan Beuković
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, RS-21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Miroslava Polovinski-Horvatović
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, RS-21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Kristijan Cokoski
; Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Hans Em Faculty of Forest Sciences, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Engineering, 16 Makedonska brigade St. No. 1, Skopje, MK-1000, Republic of North Macedonia
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Marko Vukadinović
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, RS-21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Zoran Popović
; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, 6 Nemanjina street, RS-11080 Belgrade, Serbia
Nikola Mihajlović
; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, 6 Nemanjina street, RS-11080 Belgrade, Serbia
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Sažetak
The increasing human impact on the environment, which contributes to its contamination, has imposed the need for active monitoring of such elements through certain bioindicators. The roe deer, as the most numerous species of game among the autochthonous wild ungulates, which is widespread throughout the territory of the Republic of Serbia, was used as a bioindicator. The concentrations of cadmium and lead (Cd and Pb) were measured using atomic absorption spectrophotometry in the liver (59) and kidney (68) of roe deer harvested during the regular hunting season in three hunting grounds in Central Serbia. The mean value of Cd in liver samples from all hunting grounds was 0.223 mg·kg-1wet weight with a range of 0.046-0.247 mg·kg-1, while in kidney was 0.474 mg·kg-1 and ranged from 0.356-0.541 mg·kg-1. However, the mean value of Pb in the liver was 0.551 mg/kg-1 with a range of 0.470-0.686 mg·kg-1, while in the kidney it was 0.395 mg·kg-1 with a range of 0.292-0.640 mg·kg-1. With respect to mean Cd concentrations in the liver and kidneys, statistically significant differences were observed for both the locality and tissue factors, whereas for Pb, significant differences were detected only in relation to the locality factor. Cadmium (Cd) concentrations were within permissible limits in both liver and kidney tissues (0.5 and 1.0 mg·kg-1). In contrast, the mean lead (Pb) concentration in the liver exceeded the allowed limit (0.5 mg·kg-1), while kidney Pb concentrations showed occasional exceedances but remained within permissible limits on average (0.5 mg·kg-1).
Ključne riječi
game species; liver; kidney; cadmium; lead; biomonitoring
Hrčak ID:
349134
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Datum izdavanja:
30.6.2026.
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