Table 4 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 horses, depending on the sex of the animals (♂: n = 8; ♀: n = 13)
Liver | Cortex of the kidney | Renal medulla | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
♂ | ♀ | ♂ | ♀ | ♂ | ♀ | |||||||
Sr | 80.3 | (26.3-135) | 67.7 | (23.5-283) | 185 | (59.3-251) | 168 | (62.8-466) | 228 | (87.6-360) | 295 | (40.7-1017) |
Ba | 233 | (214–271) | 230 | (107–427) | 397 | (240–570) | 323 | (154–508) | 366 | (221–564) | 355 | (179–982) |
Cd | 475 | (67.6-3669)a | 1074 | (551–3700)b | 7522 | (315–42819) | 13967 | (3048–36562) | 1776 | (77.5-17500) | 5099 | (489–35091) |
Cu | 5181 | (2871–14609) | 4236 | (2151–7966) | 4806 | (3009–10732) | 4448 | (2488–11393) | 1960 | (1131–5331) | 1842 | (1100–6511) |
Zn | 22063 | (8849–96681) | 21387 | (12579–45690) | 22779 | (13645–47110) | 21956 | (12323–44963) | 11624 | (9054–24653) | 12990 | (8573–21854) |
Mn | 2345 | (515–3258) | 992 | (544–2588) | 1261 | (564–1479)a | 805 | (344–1268)b | 540 | (248–1292) | 372 | (242–744) |
Cr | 119 | (52.3-427) | 76.6 | (22.0-178) | 100 | (16.3-188) | 44.8 | (17.0-514) | 106 | (84.4-348) | 82.7 | (27.6-175) |
Sb | 15.3 | (0.00-21.6) | 0.35 | (0.00-23.8) | 11.7 | (0.00-12.5) | 0.00 | (0.00-13.5) | 11.0 | (0.00-11.6) | 0.00 | (0.00-12.0) |
Se | 130 | (69.6-319) | 151 | (71.0-336) | 771 | (462–1197) | 683 | (356–1599) | 264 | (150–647) | 185 | (87.5-522) |
Pb | 70.6 | (25.9-158) | 90.7 | (0.00-301) | 37.2 | (0.00-114) | 32.6 | (0.00-118) | 23.2 | (0.00-40.5) | 16.1 | (0.00-103) |