Mercury content in the wool of domestic animals in Cherepovets

Ekaterina Sergeevna Bachina; Бачина Екатерина Сергеевна; Olga Yurievna Rumiantseva; Румянцева Ольга Юрьевна; Elena Sergeevna Ivanova; Иванова Елена Сергеевна; Viktor Trofimovic Komov; Комов Виктор Трофимович; Marina Andreevna Guseva; Гусева Марина Андреевна; Nadezhda Yakovlevna Poddubnaya; Поддубная Надежда Яковлевна

doi:10.17816/snv201873103

Mercury content in the wool of domestic animals in Cherepovets

Authors: Bachina E.S.¹, Rumiantseva O.Y.¹, Ivanova E.S.¹, Komov V.T.²^,1, Guseva M.A.³, Poddubnaya N.Y.¹
Affiliations:
1. Cherepovets State University
2. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters of Russian Academy of Sciences
3. Vologda Regional Clinical Hospital № 2
Issue: Vol 7, No 3 (2018)
Pages: 19-23
Section: 03.02.00 – General Biology
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2309-4370/article/view/21680
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/snv201873103
ID: 21680

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Mercury (Hg) and its compounds are considered as one of the ten major dangerous groups of chemicals. The content of mercury in the coat was 136 cats and 113 dogs in the territory of the Vologda Region in Cherepovets. The total mercury concentration in the wool samples was measured on a mercury analyzer RA-915 +. The values of the mercury index in cats range from less than 0,001 mg / kg to 13,00 mg / kg, in dogs from less than 0,001 mg / kg to 1,858 mg / kg. Statistical difference in the content of mercury in wool between cats and dogs was revealed. The Hg content in cats is 3,5 times higher than the dogs have. Comparison analysis showed the concentration of mercury in the wool of cats and dogs have no statistically significant differences. The authors noted that cats had 4 times more mercury who ate fish. The average content of Hg in the wool of dogs is slightly different for those who ate fish.

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mercury, heavy metals, mercury in wool of cats and dogs, pets, city of Cherepovets, Vologda Region, wool, cats, dogs, indicators of environmental pollution, accumulation of mercury in environment, methylmercury, methylation, food chains, mercury concentration, fish, fish consumption, diet

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Ekaterina Sergeevna Bachina

Cherepovets State University

Email: katja-1098@mail.ru

student of Biology and Human Health Faculty

Russian Federation, Cherepovets

Olga Yurievna Rumiantseva

Cherepovets State University

Email: olgamaks1995@gmail.com

junior researcher of Ecological-Analytical Laboratory of Biology Department

Russian Federation, Cherepovets

Elena Sergeevna Ivanova

Cherepovets State University

Email: stepinaelena@yandex.ru

candidate of biological sciences, leading researcher, head of Ecological-Analytical Laboratory of Biology Department

Russian Federation, Cherepovets

Viktor Trofimovic Komov

Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters of Russian Academy of Sciences; Cherepovets State University

Email: vkomov@ibiw.yaroslavl.ru

doctor of biological sciences, professor, deputy director for scientific work; senior researcher of Ecological-Analytical Laboratory of Biology Department

Russian Federation, Borok, Nekouzsky District, Yaroslavl Region; Cherepovets

Marina Andreevna Guseva

Vologda Regional Clinical Hospital № 2

Email: katja-1098@mail.ru

biologist

Russian Federation, Cherepovets

Nadezhda Yakovlevna Poddubnaya

Cherepovets State University

Author for correspondence.
Email: poddoubnaia@mail.ru

candidate of biological sciences, leading researcher of Ecological-Analytical Laboratory of Biology Department

Russian Federation, Cherepovets

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