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

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

  1. SEM standard error mean, P probability of significance.
  2. a,bMeans followed by different letters in the lines differed (P < 0.05).