Cadmium and lead levels in muscle and edible offal of cow reared in Nigeria.
The study assessed the concentration of cadmium and lead in the muscle, liver, kidney, intestine and tripe of cow in Nigeria. Results show that the ranges of detectable values of cadmium in mg/kg were 0.01-0.80 in muscle, <0.004-0.90 in liver, 0.10-1.12 in kidney, 0.01-0.90 in intestine and 0.01-1.10 in tripe while for lead, the ranges were <0.005-0.72 in muscle, 0.08-501.79 in liver, 0.04-44.89 in kidney, 0.01-108.02 in intestine and 0.01-127.90 in tripe. Cadmium was accumulated mostly in kidney while Pb accumulated more in liver and both were above international maximum permissible levels in most samples.
Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. ngojanney@yahoo.com
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D000818:Animals; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis*; D002417:Cattle; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000737:chemistry; D007668:Kidney / Q000737:chemistry; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis*; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis*; D009132:Muscles / Q000737:chemistry; D009549:Nigeria
D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D002104:Cadmium; D007854:Lead