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Table 1 Concentrations of Cu and Al (ppm) in raw milk samples collected from she-camel grazing in industrial areas and non-industrial areas

From: Impact of grazing around industrial areas on milk heavy metals contamination and reproductive ovarian hormones of she-camel with assessment of some technological processes on reduction of toxic residue concentrations

Heavy metals

Number of samples

Group A (n=15)

Group B (n=15)

Mean ± SD of group A

Mean ± SD of group B

Min

Max

Min

Max

Copper

30

0.02± 0.04 a

0.09± 0.01 b

0.04± 0.03 c

4.38± 0.02 d

0.05 ± 0.04 c

1.43 ± 0.71 e

Aluminum

30

ND

0.04± 0.01 a

2.95± 0.04 b

72.49± 0.03 c

0.02 ± 0.01d

27.80 ± 1.48 e

  1. Data are mean ± SD (n = 30), rows with different letters of superscripts (a, b, c, d and e) differ significantly (p < 0.05). Min refers to Minimum, Max refers to Maximum, ND refers to not detected.
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BMC Veterinary Research

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