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Online Journal of Veterinary Research©
Volume 20(1):29-36, 2016.
Serum strontium, aluminum,
vanadium, nickel and lead concentrations in dogs.
Aidin Shojaee Tabrizi a, Melika Jahanbani a, Abdollah
Mirzaie a, Hoseinali Shamsaie b,
Saeed Nazifi *a
aDepartment of Clinical
Studies, bCore laboratory, School of
Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, 1731, Shiraz 71345, Iran
ABSTRACT
Tabrizi AS, Jahanbani M, Mirzaie A, Shamsaie H, Nazifi S., Serum strontium,
aluminum, vanadium, nickel and lead concentrations in dogs, Onl
J Vet Res., 20(1):29-36, 2016. Despite the
importance of heavy metals such as Strontium, Vanadium, Aluminum, Nickel and
Lead with regard to poisoning, there is still limited reference ranges in dogs.
We report serum concentrations of these elements in healthy dogs and assess any
relationship with diet, age, sex, breed-related size and living area.
Seventy-eight samples from house-hold and guard dogs were analyzed by atomic
absorption. Mean serum concentrations (µg/ml) ± standard deviation values for
strontium were 0.13±0.08, vanadium 0.22±0.01, aluminium
0.78±0.94, nickel 0.01±0.09 and lead 0.05±0.07µg/ml. A significant (P<0.05)
correlation was detected between sex and lead and between breed-related size
and strontium levels (P<0.05). Females had higher concentration of
lead and large-sized dogs had higher concentration of strontiumr.
Correlation between living area and strontium and nickel were also significant
(P<0.05) but no significance was noted between measured elements and
sex or diet. Given that no information is available on the concentrations of
strontium, vanadium and aluminium in dogs, further
studies are necessary to determine reference values which would allow for
an easier interpretation of results and evaluation of exposure to these
elements.
Keywords: Strontium, Aluminum, Vanadium,
Nickel, Lead, Serum, Dog.
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