Table 3.

The difference between breast and thigh muscles in the concentration of mineral elements whereas DON had no effect

Elements	Breast muscle (n = 9)			Thigh muscle (n = 9)			Control group (n = 4)			DON group (n = 5)
	Median	Maximum	Minimum	Median	Maximum	Minimum	Median	Maximum	Minimum	Median	Maximum	Minimum
Macro elements (g/kg)
Ca	0.140b	0.162	0.105	0.186 a	0.197	0.156	0.150	0.197	0.105	0.162	0.196	0.132
K	13.800	14.952	12.168	13.361	14.668	12.099	13.503	14.650	12.168	13.800	14.952	12.099
Mg	1.140a	1.205	1.016	0.981b	1.085	0.829	1.075	1.205	0.928	1.081	1.171	0.829
Na	1.271b	1.472	1.087	2.004a	2.491	1.807	1.582	2.491	1.087	1.807	2.372	1.206
P	9.392a	9.696	7.935	7.856b	9.432	6.125	8.774	9.432	7.080	9.226	9.696	6.125
Micro elements (mg/kg)
Al	1.32	5.52	0.23	0.83	2.10	0.60	1.43	5.52	0.62	0.71	1.97	0.23
Cr	0.25	0.29	0.20	0.13	0.30	0.21	0.23	0.29	0.20	0.24	0.30	0.01
Fe	11.13b	12.55	0.85	18.95a	23.31	7.08	8.28	23.31	0.85	12.55	21.01	9.14
Mn	0.39b	0.41	0.28	0.55a	0.75	0.40	0.44	0.75	0.28	0.40	0.73	0.36
Mo	0.32	0.77	0.21	0.50	0.91	0.24	0.44	0.91	0.27	0.46	0.77	0.21
Ni	0.11	0.26	0.06	0.22	0.33	0.02	0.10	0.33	0.02	0.20	0.26	0.06
Pb	0.01	0.05	0.01	0.04	0.07	0.00	0.02	0.05	0.00	0.03	0.07	0.00
Rb	18.78a	20.14	17.28	15.95b	21.43	14.76	17.83	20.04	15.34	17.28	21.43	14.76
Zn	16.24b	18.99	14.80	33.70a	38.82	27.58	25.65	38.82	14.80	27.58	37.95	15.29

Elements given in italics have been derived from ICP-MS measurements, all other elements were analysed by ICP-OES method. Values with different superscripts differ significantly (Mann-Whitney U test) from each other at p < 0.05