Table 2 Concentrations (μg/kg) of strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), chromium (Cr), antimony (Sb) selenium (Se) and lead (Pb) in the liver and kidneys of cats, depending on the sex of the animals (♂: n = 22; ♀: n = 25)
Liver | Cortex of the kidney | Renal medulla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
♂ | ♀ | ♂ | ♀ | ♂ | ♀ | |
Sr | 117 (0.00-2699) | 58.7 (0.00-316) | 124 (11.3-1027) | 118 (0.00-512) | 117 (7.26-364) | 130 (0.00-926) |
Ba | 169 (0.00-1659) | 126 (0.00-236) | 206 (0.00-2628) | 155 (0.00-471) | 174 (0.00-1049) | 168 (0.00-405) |
Cd | 132 (7.30-583) | 146 (31.9-803) | 117 (4.13-2920)a | 214 (7.50-872)b | 77.6 (3.10-1349) | 107 (2.74-525) |
Cu | 16900 (3750-98689) | 26792 (2701-95029) | 2903 (1255-15656) | 2591 (1119-5651) | 1963 (1094-5939) | 1814 (485-4674) |
Zn | 26559 (8825-89115) | 27844 (13379-69164) | 15069 (5839-24389) | 11818 (5872-35290) | 10017 (5622-18405) | 8050 (3778-17276) |
Mn | 3237 (1403-6162) | 2714 (1311-13098) | 1117 (511-2592) | 1002 (502-2077) | 645 (338-1651) | 703 (233-1692) |
Cr | 229 (29.2-354) | 214 (9.36-368) | 214 (57.1-376) | 151 (10.7-384) | 170 (21.4-441) | 142 (13.9-436) |
Sb | 132 (0.00-201) | 132 (0.00-216) | 130 (0.00-236) | 127 (0.00-186) | 131 (0.00-377) | 125 (0.00-243) |
Se | 427 (73.3-1163) | 396 (179-1792) | 841 (68.4-2699) | 823 (346-3429) | 477 (123-2044) | 587 (90.1-3429) |
Pb | 87.9 (2.40-442) | 86.6 (0.82-337) | 101 (1.35-289) | 86.1 (0.39-267) | 89.3 (0.44-300) | 80.8 (0.00-335) |