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The Retention of Cadmium and Selenium Influence in Fowl and Chickens of F1 Generation

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The retention of cadmium and selenium influence on Cd retention in the muscle, liver and kidneys of hens, chickens and in eggs was studied. Cadmium (Cd) as cadmium chloride (CdCl2) and selenium (Se) as sodium selenite (Na2SeO3) were added to feed at dosages: group 0—control, group 1—20 mg/kg Cd, group 2—30 mg/kg Cd + 4 mg/kg Se. The birds were exposed to Cd for 8 weeks. Cadmium level in hens and cocks was found highest in the kidneys, followed by the liver and muscle. Se supplementation resulted in Cd increase in the muscle tissue and in the reduction of Cd content in the liver and in significant decrease in the kidneys (p < 0.05). A higher Cd level in the yolk and lower in the white was noted in both experimental groups. Nonsignificant increase of Cd in eggs was noted in experimental groups with Se supplementation. Level of cadmium in organs of 7-day-old chicks hatched from Cd-treated hens in both experimental groups was low but the tendency to accumulate preferentially the Cd in the liver and kidneys was recorded. Supplementation of selenium in hens and cocks was not reflected in the decrease of Cd in these two organs of F1 chickens but was reflected in increase in the muscle. In spite of relatively high Cd levels in the organs of layers no layer-egg-chickens transfer was observed. It was confirm that kidneys and liver are organs more attacked by dietary cadmium than muscle. Supplementation of low dose of Se resulted in decrease of cadmium deposition in analyzed organs.

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This work was supported by the National Laboratory for pesticides UVMF, Košice, and grant N-05-529-917/04.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Histology and Physiology, UVLF, Komenského 73, 041 81, Košice, Slovakia

    E. Marettová

  2. Institute of Health and Social Science, Prešov of Sv. Elizabeth, University of Health and Social Sciences Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia

    M. Maretta

  3. Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, UVLF, Komenského 73, 041 81, Košice, Slovakia

    J. Legáth

  4. Poultry Research Institute, Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovakia

    E. Košutzká

  5. Department of Anatomy, Histology and Physiology, The University of veterinary medicine and pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81, Košice, Slovak republic

    E. Marettová

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Marettová, E., Maretta, M., Legáth, J. et al. The Retention of Cadmium and Selenium Influence in Fowl and Chickens of F1 Generation. Biol Trace Elem Res 147, 130–134 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-011-9305-5

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