Selected aspects of caesium-137 contamination in wild boars
(Sus scrofa)

J 2022

Selected aspects of caesium-137 contamination in wild boars (Sus scrofa)

BENOVA, Katarina, Alena HAVELKOVÁ and Petr DVORAK

Basic information

Original name

Selected aspects of caesium-137 contamination in wild boars (Sus scrofa)

Authors

BENOVA, Katarina (703 Slovakia, guarantor), Alena HAVELKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr DVORAK (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Acta veterinaria (Brno), Brno, VETERINARNI A FARMACEUTICKA UNIVERZITA BRNO, 2022, 0001-7213

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

40301 Veterinary science

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.600

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/22:00128309

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.2754/avb202291020149

UT WoS

000791588500005

Keywords in English

Sus scrofa; radiocaesium; contamination by radionuclides; transfer factor

Abstract

V originále

Monitoring the activity of radionuclides in food is part of the monitoring system of foreign substances. A close correlation between gamma spectrometry determined by 137Cs activity concentration in the meat and stomach wall (r = 0.984) was found in monitored Slovak wild boars with a low activity of 137Cs . The transfer factors of the soil and the stomach content and the soil and the meat were approximately 0.07 at the median. The median transfer factor between the stomach content and the stomach wall is similar to that of the stomach wall and the meat (2.412 and 1.805). The mean value of 137Cs activity concentration in the muscles of wild boars from the Czech Republic was 46.7 Bq center dot kg-1. The mean value of 137Cs activity concentration in the stomach wall was 23.7 Bq center dot kg-1. The mutual correlation was r = 0.988. There was further correlation of 137Cs activity concentration between the heart and the diaphragm (r = 0.977), the heart and the tongue (r = 0.902), and the heart and the lungs (r = 0.906). Based on the results from Slovakia and the Czech Republic, there is hope that it will be possible to use a sample from the stomach wall to determine the activity concentration of 137Cs in meat, thereby replacing the commonly used and highly valued top side sample. In practice, monitoring soil contamination to predict the meat contamination of wild boars is more important than monitoring elements of the food chain. The potassium-caesium coefficient reached 5.57 in the muscles and 17.25 in the stomach wall.

Citovat

BENOVA, Katarina, Alena HAVELKOVÁ and Petr DVORAK. Selected aspects of caesium-137 contamination in wild boars (Sus scrofa). Acta veterinaria (Brno). Brno: VETERINARNI A FARMACEUTICKA UNIVERZITA BRNO, 2022, vol. 91, No 2, p. 149-156. ISSN 0001-7213. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2754/avb202291020149.

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BENOVA, Katarina, Alena HAVELKOVÁ and Petr DVORAK. Selected aspects of caesium-137 contamination in wild boars (Sus scrofa). \textit{Acta veterinaria (Brno)}. Brno: VETERINARNI A FARMACEUTICKA UNIVERZITA BRNO, 2022, vol.~91, No~2, p.~149-156. ISSN~0001-7213. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2754/avb202291020149.

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