o:1474 Common pheasant as a biomonitoring tool for environmental cadmium levels in Serbia en Contamination of food by heavy metals is a concerning problem in developing countries. Cadmium is one of the toxic elements that is considered as a marker for environmental contamination. The avian ecosystem is suitable for biomonitoring purposes, especially in cases where stationary sources of pollution are present. Pheasant samples (n = 327) were collected during four hunting seasons within the framework of the Serbian National Residue Monitoring Program, from 2018 to 2021. The level of cadmium in the samples was measured using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The average cadmium level in analysed liver and leg muscle samples was 0.306 mg kg −1 and 0.009 mg kg −1 respectively. Cadmium levels ranged between 0.005–4.206 mg kg −1 in liver and < 0.001–0.235 in leg muscle. The cadmium level in pheasants in Serbia has slightly increased numerically (not statisti- cally) over the past four years, so the level should continue to be carefully monitored. cadmium, biomonitoring, common pheasant, ICP-MS 1552099 10.18485/meattech.2022.63.2.5 1552101 2466-4812 2023-03-29T09:18:17.428Z 44 yes 46 Nikola Borjan Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology Common pheasant as a biomonitoring tool for environmental cadmium levels in Serbia 0000-0003-4067-3755 1557146 Zoran Petrović Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology Common pheasant as a biomonitoring tool for environmental cadmium levels in Serbia 0000-0003-2016-5681 Stefan Simunović Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology Common pheasant as a biomonitoring tool for environmental cadmium levels in Serbia person 0000-0002-7249-7891 Dragica Nikolić-Perović Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology Common pheasant as a biomonitoring tool for environmental cadmium levels in Serbia person Brankica Lakićević Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology Common pheasant as a biomonitoring tool for environmental cadmium levels in Serbia person 0000-0002-0175-5830 Danijela Vranić Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology Common pheasant as a biomonitoring tool for environmental cadmium levels in Serbia person Saša Janković Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology Common pheasant as a biomonitoring tool for environmental cadmium levels in Serbia person 0000-0002-5223-6993 application/pdf 314202 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:1474 no yes 16 70 1552253 2022 71A01 Originalni naučni rad 1552150 10880 Meat technology 121-126 63 2 121 126 Kaćanskog 13, 11 000 Belgrade Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology 2022