Serum strontium, aluminum, vanadium, nickel and lead concentrations in dogs.

摘要

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 (|ag/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±0.07|ag/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.