Monitoring heavy metals and their impact on animal health

The article is devoted to the analysis of the results of ten scientific studies conducted in separate biogeocenoses of the Chui zone of the Kyrgyz Republic. The research is aimed at monitoring the content of toxic metals in the chain “soil - plant - animal” and assessing their impact on animal health. The paper monitored the content of heavy metals such as lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), cobalt (Co) along the biochemical food chain. The paper details the process of studying heavy metal content in mountain soils, forage plants and animal blood using inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrophotometer. Studies have shown that the accumulation of heavy metals in animal organisms exceeds their concentration in soil and plants by tens and hundreds of times, which leads to various biogeocenotic pathologies of animals in the Chui zone. Based on the results of the studies, conclusions about the imbalance of toxic metal content and its consequences for biogeocenoses of the Chui zone were made.