Abstract

The relationships between cadmium (Cd) levels in soil, feed crops, feed concentrate, pig feed mixture, water, pig blood, and kidney from 49 farms were investigated and the possibility to use pig kidney as a bioindicator of available Cd in the agricultural environment was evaluated. There were correlations between Cd levels in soil and wheat, between wheat and barley, and between feed and kidney. The accumulation ratio between Cd levels in feed and kidney was on average 3. Animals from the same farm, raised in the same environment, given the same feed, and slaughtered at the same age had Cd levels in kidney and blood that could differ several times. This great variation, together with a considerable Cd contribution from nonlocally produced feed ingredients (concentrates). limits the possibilities to use Cd in pig kidney as an indicator of the available Cd in the local environment. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved

Keywords

cadmium soil crop pig blood kidney

Published in

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
2003, Volume: 55, number: 2, pages: 213-222
Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE

SLU Authors

• Oskarsson, Agneta

  • Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0147-6513(02)00079-9

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/1173