Table 5. Metal concentrations in heart, lung, liver, kidney, muscle, spleen, rib, radius, and tooth samples from sheep.
Metals | Heart | Lung | Liver | |||
Affected animal | Control | Affected animal | Control | Affected animal | Control | |
Cd | 0.39±0.03a | 0.11±0.02 | 3.12±0.25a | 0.67±0.05 | 7.62±0.56a | 0.47±0.02 |
Pb | 4.76±0.67a | 1.34±0.23 | 4.45±0.38a | 1.55±0.27 | 16.37±1.57a | 0.73±0.05 |
Zn | 137.63±6.56a | 103.92±7.23 | 143.87±±8.67a | 107.82±7.63 | 233.93±8.72a | 137.79±8.57 |
Cu | 29.81±3.43a | 14.72±0.93 | 25.23 ±2.32a | 11.67±1.69 | 258.17±7.93a | 117.67±7.73 |
Mn | 3.67±0.33 | 3.52±0.23 | 3.82±0.27 | 3.83±0.31 | 4.73±0.72 | 4.56±0.59 |
Mo | 1.32±0.11 | 1.33±0.17 | 1.53±0.16 | 1.68±0.37 | 1.43±0.13 | 1.39±0.18 |
Metals | Kidney | Muscle | Spleen | |||
Affected animal | Control | Affected animal | Control | Affected animal | Control | |
Cd | 27.37±1.53a | 0.73±0.29 | 0.82±0.03a | 0.18±0.04 | 0.57±0.05a | 0.33±0.03 |
Pb | 38.57±2.87a | 0.77±0.13 | 2.85±0.52a | 0.87±0.03 | 3.87±0.53a | 0.93±0.11 |
Zn | 157.16±7.43a | 113.75±7.69 | 141.13±7.62a | 113.56±9.87 | 137.93±9.17a | 118.62±9.86 |
Cu | 27.21±3.27a | 11.32±1.73 | 8.97±0.77a | 5.83±0.96 | 9.52±0.57a | 4.47±0.56 |
Mn | 4.68±0.57 | 4.73±0.85 | 3.83±0.57 | 3.82±0.67 | 2.56±0.37 | 2.61±0.29 |
Mo | 1.87±0.22 | 1.79±0.12 | 1.28 ±0.18 | 1.36±0.28 | 0.79±0.14 | 0.37±0.03 |
Metals | Rib | Radius | Tooth | |||
Affected animal | Control | Affected animal | Control | Affected animal | Control | |
Cd | 4.77±0.23a | 0.53±0.07 | 5.62±0.73a | 0.78±0.04 | 5.57±0.54a | 0.43±0.03 |
Pb | 14.53±2.73a | 2.37±0.03 | 22.53±2.51a | 2.57±0.73 | 27.82±2.73a | 1.21±0.02 |
Zn | 97.83±3.43a | 77.75±3.69 | 117.13±5.62a | 83.56±9.87 | 137.37±7.59a | 113.97±7.61 |
Cu | 8.21±0.57a | 4.32±0.73 | 11.17±0.77a | 4.83±0.96 | 8.53±0.87a | 5.73±0.67 |
Mn | 2.17±0.32 | 2.09±0.32 | 1.37 ±0.48 | 1.36±0.11 | 1.76±0.31 | 1.69±0.27 |
Mo | 3.68±0.35 | 3.73±0.35 | 4.23±0.53 | 3.82±0.27 | 4.22±0.53 | 4.17±0.76 |
Cd = cadmium, Pb = lead, Zn = zinc, Cu = copper, Mn = manganese, Mo = molybdenum
a P < 0.01