Table 53.
Estimated P95 and mean exposure to the sum of PCDD/Fs (17 congeners) by companion animals (dogs and cats)
| Diet concentration (pg WHO2005‐TEQ/kg DM) | Exposure (pg WHO2005‐TEQ/day) | Exposure (pg WHO2005‐TEQ/kg bw per day) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | P95 | Mean | P95 | Mean | P95 | ||
| Estimates derived from LB and UB concentrations in specific manufactured compound feeds | |||||||
| Dogsa | LB | 129 | – | 46 | – | 1.9 | – |
| UB | 135 | – | 49 | – | 2.0 | – | |
| Estimates derived from LB and UB concentrations in feeds and their relative proportions in diets | |||||||
| Cats | LB | 26 | 71 | 1.6 | 4.23 | 0.39 | 1.1 |
| UB | 36 | 85 | 2.2 | 5.12 | 0.54 | 1.3 | |
bw: body weigh; LB: lower bound; UB: upper bound; DM: dry matter.
a
Insufficient samples were available to estimate P95 exposure.