Table 11 Detected toxic metals concentrations (mg/kg) in the evaluated carbohydrate sources.
From: Toxic element levels in ingredients and commercial pet foods
Toxic metals | Wheat bran | SEM | Whole corn | SEM | Broken rice | SEM | P |
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Aluminum (Al) | 61.1269a | 3.1918 | 33.5225b | 1.8309 | 4.8543c | 0.8995 | < 0.0001 |
Barium (Ba) | 21.8277a | 1.9073 | 0.3219b | 0.1794 | 0.3189b | 0.2305 | < 0.0001 |
Lead (Pb) | 13.5606a | 1.5034 | 5.8264b | 0.7633 | 3.5085b | 0.7647 | < 0.0001 |
Cobalt (Co) | 0.6809a | 0.3369 | 4.158E − 07a | 0.000204 | 4.158E − 07a | 0.000263 | 0.9993 |
Chromium (Cr) | 2.5956a | 0.6577 | 0.4819b | 0.2314 | – | – | 0.0084 |
Tin (Sn) | 7.2633a | 1.1002 | 3.4455b | 0.587 | 1.9679b | 0.5727 | 0.001 |
Iron (Fe) | 156.06a | 5.1 | 40.9944b | 2.0247 | 4.2234c | 0.839 | < 0.0001 |
Mercury (Hg) | 2.00a | 0.5774 | – | – | 3.2166a | 0.8021 | 0.2443 |
Nickel (Ni) | 1.7282b | 0.5367 | 5.3118a | 0.7288 | 0.1796b | 0.173 | 0.0007 |
Uranium (U) | 116.38a | 4.4042 | 35.6404b | 1.8879 | 19.5955c | 1.8072 | < 0.0001 |
Vanadium (V) | 1.6922a | 0.5311 | 0.2646b | 0.1627 | – | – | 0.0177 |