Table 3.

Effects of cadmium chloride on cadmium deposition in organs.

Item	Dietary Cd dosage, mg/kg					P-value	SEM
	0.47	7.58	15.56	30.55	60.67
Heart, mg Cd/kg wet wt	0.004e	0.054d	0.097c	0.178b	0.323a	<0.001	0.007
Liver, mg Cd/kg wet wt	0.016e	0.133d	0.182c	0.252b	0.541a	<0.001	0.01
Spleen, mg Cd/kg wet wt	0.002e	0.042d	0.083c	0.158b	0.263a	<0.001	0.008
Lung, mg Cd/kg wet wt	0.010e	0.085d	0.120c	0.189b	0.426a	<0.001	0.008
Kidney, mg Cd/kg wet wt	0.026e	0.156d	0.195c	0.272b	0.572a	<0.001	0.008
Pancreas, mg Cd/kg wet wt	0.014e	0.098d	0.132c	0.185b	0.446a	<0.001	0.012
Ovary, mg Cd/kg wet wt	0.013e	0.083d	0.107c	0.144b	0.297a	<0.001	0.004
Shell gland, mg Cd/kg wet wt	0.012e	0.070d	0.097c	0.124b	0.208a	<0.001	0.004
Magnum, mg Cd/kg wet wt	0.005d	0.010c	0.015b,c	0.017b	0.025a	<0.001	0.002

^a-eMeans within a column with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).

Values are means and SEM of 12 hens (2 hens per replicate).