Influence of parasitism on the use of small terrestrial rodents in environmental pollution monitoring
Language English Country England, Great Britain Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
19427725
DOI
10.1016/j.envpol.2009.04.008
PII: S0269-7491(09)00200-0
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Arvicolinae metabolism parasitology MeSH
- Cestode Infections metabolism veterinary MeSH
- Stress, Physiological MeSH
- Environmental Pollutants metabolism MeSH
- Environmental Monitoring methods MeSH
- Metals, Heavy metabolism MeSH
- Environmental Pollution statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Environmental Pollutants MeSH
- Metals, Heavy MeSH
Bioaccumulation of cadmium, chromium, copper, manganese, nickel, lead and zinc in small terrestrial rodents - voles and their cestode parasite Paranoplocephala dentata was studied. Contents of Pb, Mn, Ni and Zn in the parasite were found to be higher than in the kidney and liver of the parasitized animals. Lead level in the cestode was 37 fold higher than in the liver of the infected rodents. Bioaccumulation factors of zinc, nickel and manganese in the cestode are mostly in the range from 2 to 4.5. Considering the different contents of manganese and zinc in livers of non-parasitized and parasitized rodents, kidney tissue was found to be more reliable than liver as an indicator of environmental pollution by manganese and zinc; the kidneys of parasitized animals showed no significant change in the concentrations of those elements that are accumulated in the cestode.
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