Metals concentration in water, fodder, milk, meat, blood, kidney and liver of livestock and associated health impacts by intake of contaminated milk and meat
2015
Tabinda, A.B. (Government Coll. Univ., Lahore (Pakistan). Sustainable Development Study Centre) | Zafar, S. (Government Coll. Univ., Lahore (Pakistan). Sustainable Development Study Centre) | Yasar, A. (Government Coll. Univ., Lahore (Pakistan). Sustainable Development Study Centre) | Munir, S.
Present study was aimed at determining concentrations of heavy metals (Cu, Cd, Pb, Ni and Cr) in water, fodder, milk, meat, blood, kidney and liver of livestock from two villages in the vicinity of a polluted drain. The aim was also to determine the health risk for the consumers due to intake of milk and meat of livestock from these villages. Order of metals concentration in water and fodder collected from these villages was Cu greater than Ni greater than Pb and Cu greater than Ni greater than Pb greater than Cd respectively. In livestock milk, meat and blood this order was Cu greater than Ni greater than Pb greater than Cd but in kidney and liver Cu greater than Cr greater than Ni greater than Pb greater than Cd, respectively. Cd was absent in water but Cr was absent in water, fodder, milk, meat and blood. The daily intake of Cd and Pb by milk and meat was higher than their permissible limits in both the villages. This may entail serious health consuming milk and these villages.
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