Estimation of Lead and Cadmium residual levels in chicken giblets at retail markets in Ismailia city, Egypt

Peer review under responsibility of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University.

Figures & data

Figure 1 Comparison of means of Pb and Cd concentrations in examined samples of chicken livers, gizzards and hearts. Significant high Pb concentrations was found in liver, meanwhile no significant difference was detected in Pb concentration between gizzard and heart (regular black letters). Furthermore, Cd concentration of liver was significantly higher than of both heart and gizzard samples (italic red letters). Mean levels with similar letters were not significant. Data represent the means ± SE (p < 0.05). (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)

Table 1 Ranges of minimum and maximum Pb and Cd concentrations estimated in the examined samples of edible chicken giblets (ppm).

	Pb		Cd
	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
Liver	0.1321	1.5107	0.0025	0.0765
Gizzard	0.1139	0.5176	0.0000	0.0211
Heart	0.0789	0.5770	0.0006	0.0071