Table 3.

Mercury concentrations (mg/kg) in the muscle and kidney of wild boars from seven districts of Croatia

County	Matrix	Number of animals	Mean ± SE	Min–max	Permitted values	Samples exceeding permitted values (%)
SM	Muscle	31	0.006 ± 0.0012	0.001–0.029	0.03	0
	Kidney		0.055 ± 0.0121	0.019–0.229	0.1	9.7
BP	Muscle	20	0.012 ± 0.0029	0.001–0.061	0.03	5
	Kidney		0.152 ± 0.0465	0.001–0.984	0.1	55
VS	Muscle	26	0.01 ± 0.0014	0.002–0.028	0.03	0
	Kidney		0.087 ± 0.0121	0.001–0.277	0.1	26.9
BB	Muscle	23	0.005 ± 0.0011	0.001–0.02	0.03	0
	Kidney		0.040 ± 0.0061	0.006–0.126	0.1	4.3
PS	Muscle	17	0.004 ± 0.0003	0.001–0.007	0.03	0
	Kidney		0.1 ± 0.0141	0.026–0.214	0.1	35.3
VP	Muscle	25	0.009 ± 0.0022	0.001–0.04	0.03	4
	Kidney		0.062 ± 0.0213	0.001–0.545	0.1	8
OB	Muscle	27	0.008 ± 0.0014	0.002–0.036	0.03	3.7
	Kidney		0.066 ± 0.0107	0.003–0.24	0.1	11.5
All	Muscle	169	0.008 ± 0.0014	0.001–0.036	0.03	2.4
	Kidney		0.077 ± 0.0075	0.001–0.984	0.1	19.5

SM Sisak-Moslavina, BP Brod-Posavina, VS Vukovar-Srijem, BB Bjelovar-Bilogora, PS Požega-Slavonia, VP Virovitica-Podravina, OB Osijek-Baranja