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Residual Levels of Toxic Metals and Estimation of their Dietary Intakes, and Non-Carcinogenic Risks Associated with the Consumption of Meat and Edible Offal of Camel in Egypt and Saudi Arabia

Residual Levels of Toxic Metals and Estimation of their Dietary Intakes, and Non-Carcinogenic Risks Associated with the Consumption of Meat and Edible Offal of Camel in Egypt and Saudi Arabia

Saad Ibrahim Al-Sultan1, Mariam H.E. Khedr2, Ahmed S. Abdelaziz3, Mostafa M. Abdelhafeez4, Tamer Mohamed Gad5, Sabry Mohamed El-Bahr6,7*, Sherief Abdel-Raheem1,8 and Hesham A. Khalifa3

1Department of Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, 31982 Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia 
2Department of Veterinary Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt 
3Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
4Food Control Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Misurata University, Libya
5Educational Veterinary Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt 
6Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, 31982 Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia  
7Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt 
8Department of Animal Nutrition and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, 71526 Assiut, Egypt
 
* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Fig. 1.

A) lead (Pb), B) cadmium (Cd), C) arsenic (As), D) mercury (Hg) residual contents (µg/g ww) in camels’ liver, kidney, tongue, and muscle retailed in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Columns carrying different letters (a, b, and c) are significantly different among Egyptian samples; while columns carrying different letters (A, B, and C) are significantly different among Saudi samples. Star marks refers to significant difference between Egyptian and Saudi samples, P < 0.05.

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

October

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56, Iss. 5, pp. 2001-2500

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