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Table 1 ME contents in the fur of the animals of the canine family

From: Mineral imbalance and cardiovascular disease in animals of the canine (Canidae) and feline (Felidae) families: a study in Russian zoos

Animal species (subspecies)

ME concentration, mg/kg

Zn

Cu

Fe

Pb

Cd

As

Vulpes vulpes

122.85±11.01

5.11± 0.81**

259.58±27.09***

6.27±1.54*

0.49±0.14*

0.19±0.08

Vulpes (Fennecus) zerda

151.75±8.79

18.79±3.59**

211.71±8.49***

5.12±0.77*

0.01*

0.40±0.07

Alopex lagopus var. dom

84.50±29.71

6.46±1.48**

105.91±4.15***

0.05±0.01*

0.03±0.00*

0.24±0.02

Canis familiaris

73.08±4.89

6.92±0.23**

73.25±2.18***

6.02±0.61*

0.15±0.05*

0.003±0.000

Canis lupus tundrorum

67.84±2.15

12.88±1.73**

265.18±4.12***

13.21±2.69*

0.03±0.00*

0.80±0.08

Canis lupus

95.96±9.74

9.48±3.64**

273.24±58.29***

7.26±1.11*

0.17±0.04*

0.43±0.06

Nyctereutes procyonoides

59.33±1.33

8.17±2.56**

116.68±2.68***

0.01*

0.57±0.00*

0.002±0.001

  1. Reliability was calculated for each element between all species of animals studied on the basis of the Kruskal‒Wallis criterion * p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.05