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Table 2 ME contents in the fur of the animals of the feline 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

Felis (Lynx) lynx

51.54±3.21

4.26±1.92***

134.81±16.99*

0.85±0.19*

0.04±0.01**

0.30±0.02***

Puma (Felis) concolor

68.49±6.19

9.90±5.15***

267.02±18.73*

12.07±3.98*

0.22±0.13**

0.08±0.01***

Uncia (Panthera) uncial

17.34±3.21

2.52±0.65***

248.35±16.21*

9.11±1.13*

0.01**

0.33±0.06***

Panthera pardus orientalis

49.33±12.15

5.60±1.63***

216.10±36.91*

6.22±1.32*

1.10±0.52**

0.21±0.02***

Panthera tigris altaica

77.29±16.28

14.41±2.41***

309.68±31.09*

2.41±0.17*

0.17±0.03**

1.16±0.19***

Pantera leo var. alba

84.05±7.96

4.64±1.58***

295.15±19.24*

3.22±0.12*

0.01**

0.88±0.06***

Panthera leo

44.44±4.93

5.56±1.47***

116.94±11.65*

0.01*

0.21±0.02**

0.49±0.05***

  1. Reliability was calculated for each element between all species of animals studied on the basis of the Kruskal‒Wallis criterion * p < 0.005; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001