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The Amazonian River Dolphin is an odontocete and therefore a top predator in its ecosystem, it inhabits the Amazon and Orinoco rivers, covering seven countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Brazil and Venezuela. The natural concentrations of mercury (Hg) that have been released into the habitat of this freshwater dolphin is ancients, therefore, the bioaccumulation levels of this contaminant in the food web, increases progressively. In addition, it is known that aquatic mammal species have the capacity to neutralize the toxicity of Mercury (Hg), through the formation of a chemical complex with Selenium (Se), called "Tiamannita". Consequently, when this complex is formed, the bioavailability of Se as an antioxidant is reduced, which predisposes to the origin of pathologies such as Steatitis. This yellow fat disease, forms fatty emboli in the blood vessels, especially in the capillaries of the lung, causing disorders in the circulation of this vital respiratory organ, ending with the death of the animal, when the disease is severely present. Consequently, the aim of this work is to review some aspects from Hg and its relationship between Se, and the steatitis caused by the Tiemannita complex, which generates the mortality of the Amazonian river dolphin in the Colombian Amazon ecosystem.References
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