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9069201

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-2
pubmed:abstractText
Fluoride, calcium, and phosphorus content as well as ashpercentage and ash density of primary antlers and pedicle bones were studiedin nine yearling red deer stags from a fluoride polluted region in NorthBohemia (Czech Republic) and in nine control animals from two uncontaminatedareas in West Germany. Fluoride levels in antlers (845 +/- 257 mgF-/kg ash, mean +/- SD) and pedicles (1,448 +/- 461 mgF-/kg ash) of the N-Bohemian specimens exceeded that of thecontrols (antlers: 206 +/- 124 mg F-/kg ash, pedicles:322 +/- 157 mg F-/kg ash) by factors of 4.1 and 4.5,respectively. Antler and pedicle fluoride concentrations of the deer(n = 18) were closely correlated (r = 0.975,p < 0.001). Analyses of ash percentage and ash density revealed that theantlers of the N-Bohemian deer contained significantly less mineral and weresignificantly less dense than both their pedicles and the control antlers. Inthe pooled antler samples (n = 18), bone fluoride concentration wasnegatively correlated with ash density (r = -0.826, p < 0.001)and ash percentage (r = -0.759, p < 0.001), whereas nonsignificant, positive correlations existed for the pooled pedicle samples. Ash percentage and ash density of the antlers and their correspondingpedicles were uncorrelated. It is concluded that increased fluoride exposureof deer leads to reduced mineral content and mineral density of antler boneand that it is the rapidity of their growth and mineralization that makesantlers especially susceptible to fluoride action. Due to their ability toaccumulate high amounts of fluoride during a defined, limited timespan andthe apparently dose-dependent negative effect of fluoride on their densityand mineral content, (primary) antlers can be recommended as monitoring toolsfor studying environmental pollution by fluorides.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0090-4341
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
222-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Fluoride content and mineralization of red deer (Cervus elaphus) antlers and pedicles from fluoride polluted and uncontaminated regions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Animal Ecology, Institute of General and Systematic Zoology, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Stephanstrasse 24, D-35390 Giessen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't