Salicki Wiesław, Kalisińska Elzbieta
Katedra Zoologii Akademii Rolniczej w Szczecinie ul. Doktora Judyma 20, 71-466 Szczecin.
Ann Acad Med Stetin. 2006;52 Suppl 1:89-95.
This study was done in 176 wood pigeons (Columba palumbus). In 2002, assays were performed on 24 immature (imm) and 66 adult (ad) individuals. In 2003, 15 immature birds could be assayed, while the 2004 sample consisted of a total of 71 individuals (12 imm and 59 ad). Pigeons were caught near the villages of Skarbimierzyce and Dołuje situated west of Szczecin. Fluorine and calcium content in ash and dry mass of the wood pigeon's tarsometatarsus bones was determined. Fluorine content in ash and dry mass increased with age of the bird. It was only in 2002 samples that significant differences between immature and adult pigeons in calcium ash content were detected. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) failed to reveal significant differences between 2002 and 2004 samples in calcium content of adult bone ash. The remaining parameters in this group of birds differed significantly. The immature group showed no significant differences between 2002 and 2004 samples in fluorine content of bone ash and dry mass. Significant differences (p < 0.01) in fluorine content were revealed between 2002 and 2003 as well as between 2003 and 2004 samples. Ash calcium content showed no differences for immature birds of 2002 and 2003; however, significant differences (p < 0.001) were revealed between 2002 and 2004 as well as between 2003 and 2004. No significant differences were revealed between the immature bone dry mass calcium contents in 2002 and 2003 as well as in 2002 and 2004; on the other hand, the difference between the 2003 and 2004 data proved significant (p < 0.05).
The present study demonstrated a number of differences in fluorine and calcium content in bones of the plant-eating wood pigeon. In addition, fluorine was found to undergo an intense age-related accumulation in bones. Fluorine content showed marked year-to-year variability.
It is highly probable that fluorine content in wood pigeon bone reflects environmental fluorine contamination from industrial plants in Szczecin and its environs which are the major source of fluorine emissions.
本研究以176只斑尾林鸽（Columba palumbus）为对象。2002年，对24只幼鸟（imm）和66只成鸟（ad）进行了检测。2003年，检测了15只幼鸟，2004年的样本共有71只个体（12只幼鸟和59只成鸟）。这些鸽子在什切青以西的斯卡尔比米尔济采村和多武耶村附近捕获。测定了斑尾林鸽跗跖骨的灰分和干物质中的氟和钙含量。灰分和干物质中的氟含量随鸟的年龄增长而增加。仅在2002年的样本中，检测到幼鸽和成鸽在钙灰分含量上存在显著差异。方差分析（ANOVA）未显示2002年和2004年样本在成年骨灰分钙含量上有显著差异。这组鸟的其他参数有显著差异。幼鸟组在2002年和2004年样本的骨灰分和干物质氟含量上无显著差异。2002年和2003年以及2003年和2004年样本之间的氟含量存在显著差异（p < 0.01）。2002年和2003年幼鸟的灰分钙含量无差异；然而，2002年和2004年以及2003年和2004年之间存在显著差异（p < 0.001）。2002年和2003年以及2002年和2004年幼鸟骨干物质钙含量之间无显著差异；另一方面，2003年和2004年的数据差异显著（p < 0.05）。
本研究表明，食草斑尾林鸽骨骼中的氟和钙含量存在一些差异。此外，发现氟在骨骼中会随着年龄的增长而大量积累。氟含量呈现出明显的逐年变化。
斑尾林鸽骨骼中的氟含量很可能反映了什切青及其周边地区工业工厂对环境的氟污染，这些工厂是氟排放的主要来源。
