Lead and cadmium concentrations in milk and blood of Indian cows with mastitis.
Mean milk lead in cows with clinical or subclinical mastitis was 0.35 +/- 0.03 or 0.42 +/- 0.04 ppm whereas cadmium was 0.16 +/- 0.01 or 0.15 +/- 0.01 ppm. Concentrations in blood were 0.45 +/- 0.05 lead or 0.08 +/- 0.05 ppm cadmium in clinical and 0.47 +/- 0.06 lead or 0.088 +/- 0.001 ppm cadmium in subclinical mastitic cows.
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Laboratory of Environmental Medicine, Indian Veterinary Institute, Izatnagar, India.
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Swarup
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D000818:Animals; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007194:India; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D008413:Mastitis / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism / Q000662:veterinary*; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*
D002104:Cadmium; D007854:Lead