Table 3 Concentrations (μg/kg) of strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), chromium (Cr), antimony (Sb), selenium (Se) and lead (Pb) in the liver and kidneys of cats, depending on the age of the animals ¹

Sr

0-1

165 (6.00-2699)^a

157 (21.2-1027)^a

178 (11.2-364)^a

1.5-4

65.3 (0.00-138)^ab

72.8 (48.6-132)^b

69.1 (7.26-153)^b

4.5-7

46.8 (0.00-163)^b

82.6 (0.00-251)^ab

130 (0.00-625)^ab

8-11

112 (29.6-228)^ab

139 (42.1-728)^a

128 (42.7-207)^ab

12-18

92.5 (12.9-166)^ab

144 (37.2-512)^ab

157 (65.7-926)^a

Ba

0-1

132 (0.00-662)^ab

154 (0.00-258)^a

202 (0.00-1049)^ab

1.5-4

214 (67.5-303)^a

244 (207-387)^b

221 (110-262)^a

4.5-7

116 (0.00-236)^b

151 (0.00-258)^a

118 (0.00-245)^ab

8-11

147 (0.00-1659)^ab

205 (69.0-2628)^ab

106 (0.00-960)^ab

12-18

87.1 (0.00-215)^b

126 (0.00-471)^a

84.4 (0.00-405)^b

Cd

0-1

123 (7.30-264)^a

116 (4.13-231)^a

109 (2.74-225)

1.5-4

138 (26.5-226)^a

108 (41.1-347)^a

77.6 (3.10-179)

4.5-7

109 (50.4-803)^a

144 (51.8-467)^a

72.5 (3.98-525)

8-11

192 (86.4-504)^ab

178 (106-444)^ab

88.9 (38.0-160)

12-18

256 (62.5-583)^b

353 (151-2920)^b

137 (43.9-1349)

Cu

0-1

21507 (4237-98689)

3315 (1637-15656)^a

2354 (1253-5939)

1.5-4

13803 (3750-86070)

2454 (1814-3291)^ab

2075 (1094-2792)

4.5-7

29308 (2701-72700)

2458 (1119-5651)^ab

1781 (485-2761)

8-11

38696 (8876-91443)

3040 (1731-3598)^ab

1648 (1217-2594)

12-18

21768 (5236-48483)

2676 (1255-3167)^b

1778 (895-2531)

Zn

0-1

40654 (16608-69164)

16145 (8280-33896)

13602 (5005-18405)^a

1.5-4

26115 (14353-35020)

13666 (10672-17993)

10375 (5655-15193)^ab

4.5-7

20174 (14975-41960)

9710 (8431-35290)

6924 (4687-15712)^b

8-11

32389 (15576-89115)

15747 (11051-19305)

9275 (6036-11938)^b

12-18

31502 (8825-60234)

11713 (5839-27943)

8741 (3778-14762)^b

Mn

0-1

4222 (1311-13098)^a

1547 (786-2592)^a

920 (348-1692)^ab

1.5-4

3054 (2111-4144)^ab

1240 (836-1969)^ab

772 (338-1651)^a

4.5-7

2558 (1485-7073)^ab

936 (502-1654)^b

697 (233-916)^ab

8-11

2700 (1767-5052)^ab

1086 (738-1312)^ab

581 (417-733)^b

12-18

2634 (1403-4248)^b

1031 (511-1452)^b

587 (358-869)^ab

Cr

0-1

287 (9.36-368)

270 (10.7-327)

275 (16.0-441)

1.5-4

134 (55.0-345)

127 (50.7-291)

176 (53.3-337)

4.5-7

196 (13.6-337)

139 (32.4-314)

135 (13.9-313)

8-11

215 (60.8-354)

222 (71.5-376)

135 (21.4-296)

12-18

269 (33.8-347)

205 (123-384)

255 (90.0-436)

Sb

0-1

185 (0.00-191)

180 (0.00-236)

182 (0.00-377)

1.5-4

20.7 (0.00-191)

11.6 (0.00-180)

11.3 (0.00-180)

4.5-7

129 (0.00-201)

116 (0.00-186)

115 (0.00-217)

8-11

28.9 (0.00-194)

11.8 (0.00-187)

11.8 (0.00-184)

12-18

136 (0.00-216)

131 (0.00-186)

127 (0.00-189)

Se

0-1

638 (73.3-844)

1168 (257-1898)

822 (123-1316)

1.5-4

372 (215-1792)

726 (68.4-3429)

458 (231-3429)

4.5-7

287 (179-1167)

651 (405-1687)

303 (90.1-1912)

8-11

531 (258-693)

938 (408-2145)

463 (265-1315)

12-18

660 (174-1421)

1473 (321-2699)

912 (223-2044)

Pb

0-1

230 (0.82-442)^ac

214 (1.63-289)^ae

219 (0.63-300)^a

1.5-4

39.3 (2.40-215)^bc

24.2 (1.35-213)^abc

8.85 (0.44-213)^b

4.5-7

70.5 (2.40-212)^b

84.2 (0.39-229)^bd

81.8 (0.00-329)^bc

8-11

140 (2.56-337)^abc

137 (28.5-214)^de

62.4 (2.47-202)^bc

12-18

154 (1.51-294)^a

146 (27.7-267)^de

141 (19.9-335)^ac