Abstract

Study is focused on the concentration of selectedelements that affect the living organism as well as individualorgans. Samples of uterus and ovaries of dogs and cats wereanalyzed using absorption spectrometry. The average, minimumand maximum concentrations in the samples were detected andsubsequently the correlations between elements were calculated.The average concentration of sodium, potassium, iron and zincwere higher in cats. Higher concentration of calcium and copperwere found in the bitch samples. The cadmium concentration incats was slightly higher compared to bitch. Lead concentrationsin the samples of studied cats were 0.28±0.16 mg/kg and infemale dogs were 0.24±0.14 mg/kg, mercury concentrationreached the 0.01±0.01 mg/kg for cats and 0.00±0.00 mg/kg fordogs. In cats, a strong negative correlation between sodium andcalcium, and a strong positive correlation between the potassiumand the calcium and copper and zinc were found. Correlationanalysis in female dogs showed strong correlation betweensodium and potassium, sodium and copper, potassium and zinc,potassium and cadmium, potassium and lead, iron and mercury,calcium and copper, calcium and mercury, copper and zinc,copper and cadmium as well as the lead and copper and a strongpositive correlation between sodium and zinc, sodium andcadmium, sodium and lead, iron and calcium, zinc and cadmium,zinc and lead, and the lead and cadmium. Pets can serve asindicators of environmental metal pollution monitored since asthey inhabit the same space as men and are exposed to the samecontaminants. Correlations observed for analyzed elementsindicate interrelationships of monitored elements in the animalreproductive organs.