Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXIV, Issue 2
Written by Marius Mihai CIOBANU, Paul Corneliu BOIȘTEANU, Mugurel MUNTEANU, Dumitru TÂRZIU, Roxana Nicoleta RAȚU, Alina Narcisa POSTOLACHE
Intense concern in recent years for quantitative and toxicological identification and evaluation, especially for heavy metals from animal origin products represent a side that needs to be studied continuously, especially for game meat, nutritional toxicity of those mineral elements (mainly Pb and Cd) being directly influenced by their variations in habitat water, air and soil. The goal of the study is motivated by the inexistence of information regarding appreciation of contamination degree with heavy metals of game meat, having in view the limited checkout of feeding of game animals exploited in their natural environment, as well as the polluting environmental factors. The analytical results regarding the quantitative evaluation of the Cd concentration of the muscle samples indicate that the average values found in male carcasses are higher than those in female carcasses, except the Trapezius cervicalis muscle. The average concentration of Cd residues ranged from 0.020 ± 0.0028 to 0.040 ± 0.017 mg/kg DM, both limits being attributed to the Triceps brachii muscles. The range of averages corresponding to the other muscle groups are described by an amplitude of the variation of 0.018 mg/kg DM.
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