OXIDATIVE STRESS AND PROTEIN OXIDATION AFFECTED BY TOXIC METALS IN FERAL PIGEONS ([i]COLUMBA LIVIA[/i]) FROM NORTHERN POLAND
Journal Title: Baltic Coastal Zone - Year 2009, Vol 13, Issue 1
Abstract
([i]Columba livia[/i] f. urbana) in various environments of Northern Poland. We examined heavy metals contents, lipid and protein peroxidation, antioxidant enzymes activity in individuals growing and feeding in the different polluted regions. Pigeons from urban area possessed high maintenance of cadmium in the blood, but low lead in comparison to birds from rural area. Our results suggest that increased level of heavy metals (Pb and Cd) in the blood of pigeons from different regions of Northern Poland tended to affect negatively initiate lipid peroxidation and increased oxidative modified protein content. Our results suggest that increased level of oxidative stress in birds is dependent upon environmental pollution. Statistical analysis (ANOVA and GLM) has shown that colony localization (urban or rural areas) modified antioxidative defense system, level of lipid and protein peroxidation, and blood total antioxidant activity.
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Natalia Kurhalyuk, Tomasz Hetmański, Józef Antonowicz, Halyna Tkachenko
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