The Impact of Lead and Nickel Environmental Pollution on Blood Levels of Liver Enzymes in House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in Kosovo

Lulzim Millaku; Resmije Imeri; Jeton Orllati; Artan Trebicka

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The Impact of Lead and Nickel Environmental Pollution on Blood Levels of Liver Enzymes in House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in Kosovo

Lulzim Millaku, Resmije Imeri, Jeton Orllati, Artan Trebicka

Published in Animal and Veterinary Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 1)

Received: 19 January 2015 Accepted: 28 January 2015 Published: 3 February 2015

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The aim of this study was the evaluation of environmental pollution with heavy metals such as Lead and Nickel on the living organisms in industrial areas, using the blood of House sparrow (Passer domesticus) as a bio-indicator of pollution by metals. For this purpose, a blood collection was performed on 32 house sparrows (Passer domesticus) males and females, which were captured in Mitrovica town (situated close to smelter “Trepqa”, closed in year 2000), Drenas town (near the Ferronickel smelter, pollution area) and in rural area (Ujmir village, not contaminated area). In blood plasma we have analysed: alkaline phosphatase (AP), plasma alanin aminotransferase (ALT), aspartat aminotransferase (AST) and total proteins (TP) in house sparrow (Passer domesticus). The results obtained indicate the different values of the enzymes activity (AP, ALT, AST) in blood sparrows between the localities studied. Higher values of AST in significant scale (p<0.001) were found in sparrows from Mitrovica and Drenas town compared with the reference site (Ujmirë village). Values of enzymes ALT, AP and total proteins are different between the analyzed groups but the differences are not significant. Further studies are warranted to investigate the mechanism of susceptibility of house sparrow to environmental pollution.

Published in	Animal and Veterinary Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.avs.20150301.16
Page(s)	28-31
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Metals, House Sparrow, Biochemical Parameters

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Lulzim Millaku, Resmije Imeri, Jeton Orllati, Artan Trebicka. The Impact of Lead and Nickel Environmental Pollution on Blood Levels of Liver Enzymes in House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in Kosovo. Anim Vet Sci. 2015;3(1):28-31. doi: 10.11648/j.avs.20150301.16

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Lulzim Millaku

Department of Biology, Mathematics & Natural Science Faculty, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo
Resmije Imeri

Department of Biology, Agricultural & Veterinary Faculty, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo
Jeton Orllati

Department of Biology, Mathematics & Natural Science Faculty, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo
Artan Trebicka

Department of Biology, Natural Science Faculty, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania

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Lulzim Millaku, Resmije Imeri, Jeton Orllati, Artan Trebicka. The Impact of Lead and Nickel Environmental Pollution on Blood Levels of Liver Enzymes in House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in Kosovo. Anim Vet Sci. 2015;3(1):28-31. doi: 10.11648/j.avs.20150301.16

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