Mercury in liver and feathers of some birds of prey in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil: Preliminary results

Môsar  Lemos; Roberta de Oliveira Resende  Ribeiro; Fábio Júnior  Targino; André Luiz de  Almeida; Luiz Paulo Luzes  Fedullo; Jeferson Rocha  Pires; Celso Fasura  Balthazar; Sérgio Borges  Mano; Eliane Teixeira Mársico

doi:10.33448/rsd-v13i7.46441

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Môsar Lemos Federal Fluminense University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3973-4314
Roberta de Oliveira Resende Ribeiro Institute, Municipality of Rio de Janeiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2669-3821
Fábio Júnior Targino Federal Fluminense University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1932-0501
André Luiz de Almeida Rio de Janeiro Zoological Garden https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0378-3034
Luiz Paulo Luzes Fedullo Rio de Janeiro Zoological Garden
Jeferson Rocha Pires Estácio de Sá University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6649-0418
Celso Fasura Balthazar Federal Fluminense University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5193-7360
Sérgio Borges Mano Federal Fluminense University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6521-8527
Eliane Teixeira Mársico Federal Fluminense University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9452-5462

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v13i7.46441

Palabras clave:

Aves de presa; Plumas; Hígado; Mercurio.

Resumen

Las aves de presa de niveles tróficos superiores son particularmente vulnerables a la contaminación por mercurio y pueden servir como indicadores de elementos traza en diferentes ecosistemas.Así, el objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la presencia de mercurio en plumas e hígados de algunas aves de presa que ocurren en el Estado de Río de Janeiro, Brasil. Se recogieron 11 hígados de aves de presa durante necropsias rutinarias realizadas en el Jardín Zoológico de Río de Janeiro, y las plumas de animales en proceso de rehabilitación/liberación. Los resultados mostraron que las concentraciones de mercurio oscilaron entre 0,5 mg / kg y 1,3074 mg / kg en los hígados y de 0,3376 mg / kg a 3.000 mg / kg en las plumas. Las muestras de hígado pueden recogerse mediante métodos invasivos como las biopsias, que implican anestesia y manipulación del ave, o durante necropsias rutinarias en colecciones zoológicas, criaderos y de aves fallecidas encontradas en el campo, especialmente las afectadas por pisoteo o heridas de arma de fuego. Como alternativa, el análisis de las plumas en busca de mercurio ofrece un método práctico, rentable y no invasivo que evita el riesgo de dañar el bienestar físico del ave.

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