title: Concentration of iron, zinc, copper and lead in the brain of wild and domestic geese.
abstract: Concentration of Fe, Zn, Cu and Pb were determined in the brain tissue of wild (bean goose, Anser fabalis, n = 14, and white-fronted goose, A. albifrons, n = 3) and domestic (A. anser f. domestica, n = 13) geese. The results are referred to 1 g fresh weight (micrograms/g). Out of 17 wild geese, 4 individuals showed a very high Pb level. Statistically significant differences in concentrations of the metals studied were found between the white-fronted and domestic geese; for 3 metals (Fe, Zn, Cu), differences between the bean and white-fronted geese were statistically significant as well. The two bean goose types, tundra and taiga, were found to differ in terms of their brain Zn and Cu concentrations: the tundra type geese showed higher content of the metals than those in the taiga type.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Agricultural Academy, Szczecin, Poland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kalisińska
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000378:metabolism; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000378:metabolism; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D005777:Geese / Q000378:metabolism*; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007854:Lead; D003300:Copper; D007501:Iron; D015032:Zinc