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Table 3 Correlation analysis of the joint accumulation of the studied MEs in the fur of the animals in the canine and feline families (kept at the zoo) in comparison to that in the Fe

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

Animal species

Zn

Cu

Pb

Cd

As

Vulpes vulpes

0.14

0.28

-0.01

0.66*

-0.35

Vulpes (Fennecus) zerda

-0.89*

-0.54

0.43

#

0.54

Alopex lagopus var. dom

-0.74*

0.94*

0.77*

0.38

-0.02

Canis familiaris

0.14

0.76*

-0.88*

-0.19

-0.25

Canis lupus tundrorum

0.83*

0.77

-0.83*

-0.39

0.88*

Canis lupus

-0.10

-0.34

0.08

0.24

0.21

Nyctereutes procyonoides

-0.97

1.00

#

#

0.87

Felis (Lynx) lynx

0.07

0.07

-0.05

0.66*

0.96*

Puma (Felis) concolor

-0.82*

0.82*

0.45

0.84

-0.88*

Uncia (Panthera) uncial

0.71

-0.60

-0.94

#

0.50

Panthera pardus orientalis

0.68*

0.53

0.50

0.45

-0.20

Panthera tigris altaica

0.40

-0.91*

-0.13

0.76*

-0.43

Pantera leo var. alba

0.77

0.71

0.89*

#

0.54

Panthera leo

-0.14

-0.71

#

0.64

-0.60

  1. Reliability is indicated on the basis of the basis of the calculation of the Spearman rank correlation coefficient * p < 0.05; “–#” traces the ME amount of one of the elements that do not make it possible to calculate the correlation coefficient