Evaluation of selenium status and its distribution in organs of free living foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from an Se deficient area
| Autor: | Bogumiła Pilarczyk, Tomasz Stankiewicz, M Bakowska, Agnieszka Tomza-Marciniak, Diana Hendzel, Renata Pilarczyk |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Wet weight Vulpes Foxes chemistry.chemical_element Spleen Kidney Selenium Animal science medicine Animals Distribution (pharmacology) Tissue distribution Lung General Veterinary biology Myocardium food and beverages General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.anatomical_structure Liver chemistry Poland |
| Zdroj: | Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences. 14:453-457 |
| ISSN: | 1505-1773 |
| DOI: | 10.2478/v10181-011-0067-y |
| Popis: | Evaluation of selenium status and its distribution in organs of free living foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from an Se deficient area The objective of the study was to determine selenium status and its distribution in the organs of free living foxes from selenium deficient areas of north-western Poland. Samples of organs harvested from 40 foxes shot during the 2008-2009 hunting seasons served as experimental material. Selenium concentration in the organs was determined spectrofluorometrically. Selenium distribution in tissues depends largely on its dietary content. Our study indicated that concentrations of selenium in the examined organs followed the order: kidney>liver>spleen>lung>heart and kidneys were the organ with the highest retention of this element. Mean selenium concentration in fox kidneys was 0.60 ± 0.15 μg/g wet weight. Several times less selenium on average was found in the liver (0.27 plusmn; 0.09 μg/g w.w.), lungs (0.17 ± 0.06 μg/g w.w.), spleen (0.19 ± 0.06 μg/g w.w.) and heart (0.13 ± 0.05 μg/g w.w.). All the animals studied were deficient in selenium. |
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