ABSTRACT
Environmental pollution due to arsenic has gained global attention owing to its several health effects on both human and animal population. In Argentina, the Chaco pampean plain comprises one of the largest areas in the world with high levels of arsenic in the groundwater (one million km2). The province of Cordoba, located in the centre of the country, is an important agricultural region highly affected by this contaminant of natural occurrence and livestock are also victims of arsenic poisoning. Animals can exhibit signs of abdominal pain, diarrhea, salivation, anorexia, increased pulse and respiratory rate, etc (Radostits et al. 2007), which can affect the production and also the food quality. In the south-east region of this province, studies have been conducted on the arsenic content in livestock drinking water and the bio-transferring of arsenic from water to the food chain. (Pérez Carrera & Fernández Cirelli 2005, 2007, Pérez Carrera et al. 2010).
