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Cadmium in fallow deer tissue

Samples of skeletal muscles, liver and kidneys of fallow deer from the Brijuni Islands were analysed for cadmium content. The lowest median cadmium concentrations were determined in the muscles (fawns - 0.010 μ g/g, adults - 0.012 µ ; g/g), higher concentrations were found in the liver (fawns - 0.052 μ g/g, adults - 0.033 μ g/g), while the kidneys contained the highest cadmium concentrations (fawns - 0.195 µ ; g/g, adults - 0.796 µ ; g/g). The concentrations determined were lower in comparison with relevant results of deer game from certain European countries, and are of natural origin. These results implicate that Brijuni Islands are under a minimal influence of anthropogenic factors that can give rise to cadmium contamination.

fallow deer; kidney; cadmium concentrations; Brijuni Islands

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