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Biomonitoring of heavy metals (Cd,Hg, and Pb) and metalloid (As) with the Portuguese common buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
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| Authors: | Manuela Carneiro Bruno Colaço Ricardo Brandão Carla Ferreira Nuno Santos Vanessa Soeiro Aura Colaço Maria João Pires Paula A. Oliveira Santiago Lavín |
| Affiliation: | 1. Animal and Veterinary Research Centre (CECAV), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, 5000-801, Vila Real, Portugal 2. Department of Zootechnics, ECAV, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta dos Prados, 5000-801, Vila Real, Portugal 3. Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta dos Prados, 5000-801, Vila Real, Portugal 4. Ecology, Monitoring and Recovery Center of Wild Animals (CERVAS), 6290-909, Gouveia, Portugal 5. Research and Recovery Center of Wild Animals of the Ria Formosa Natural Park (RIAS), 8700, Olh?o, Portugal 6. Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of the Peneda-Gerês National Park, 4704-538, Braga, Portugal 7. Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of the Gaia Biological Park, 4430-757, Avintes, Portugal 8. Department of Veterinary Sciences, ECAV, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta dos Prados, 5000-801, Vila Real, Portugal 9. Servei d’Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge (SEFaS), Department of Medicine and Animal Surgery, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain |
| Abstract: | The accumulation of heavy metals in the environment may have a wide range of health effects on animals and humans. Thus, in this study, the concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and mercury (Hg) in the blood and tissues (liver and kidney) of Portuguese common buzzards (Buteo buteo) were determined by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) in order to monitor environmental pollution to these elements. In general, Hg and As were the elements which appeared in the highest and lowest concentrations, respectively. A highest percentage of non-detected concentration was found for blood Cd (94.6 %) but, in turn, it was the only metal that was detected in all kidney samples. The kidney was the analyzed sample which showed the highest concentrations of each element evaluated. Statistically, significant differences among blood, liver, and kidney samples were observed for As and Cd (P? |
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