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Trace Element Concentrations in Migratory Game Bird Meat: Contribution to Reference Intakes Through a Probabilistic Assessment

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The aim of this study was to determine Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, and Zn content in migratory game bird meat and its contribution to DRI through a probabilistic assessment. A total of 89 wild birds of three species, woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) (n = 25), common turtledove (Streptopelia turtur) (n = 19), and thrush (Turdus philomelos) (n = 45), were analyzed. Concentrations ranged between the following values: Fe: 35.6–39.6 mg/kg ww; Cu: 2.3–4.0 mg/kg ww; Zn: 11.0–18.6 mg/kg ww; and Cr: 43–51 μg/kg ww. Co content in this kind of meat was negligible. Significant differences were found for Cu and Zn content among species and for Cu, Fe, and Zn between breast and thigh muscle. Breast was the muscle with the highest Cu and Fe content, and thigh recorded the highest Zn levels for all species. Finally, a probabilistic assessment showed that consumption of a serving size between 100 and 200 g of game bird meat (80% breast + 20% thigh) that could meet the DRIs of Cu and Fe for 95th percentile. Then, game meat of these species could be considered as part of a healthy diet and a food with a high nutritional value.

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We would like to thank those hunters and hunting societies without whose assistance with the development of this research work would not have been possible.

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    Jesús Sevillano-Caño, Fernando Cámara-Martos, Eva María Aguilar-Luque, Manuel Cejudo-Gómez, Alicia Moreno-Ortega & Jesús Salvador Sevillano-Morales

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Sevillano-Caño, J., Cámara-Martos, F., Aguilar-Luque, E.M. et al. Trace Element Concentrations in Migratory Game Bird Meat: Contribution to Reference Intakes Through a Probabilistic Assessment. Biol Trace Elem Res 197, 651–659 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-019-02014-9

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