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Determination of the Level of Heavy Metals in Liver and Kidney of Cow and Goat Used As Meat Source in Mubi Adamawa State
Musa Yakubu1,Nita Dyola2,Emmanuel Andrew3,Galo Yahaya Sara4,Louis Hitler5,Innocent Joseph6
2.Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
3.Department of Chemistry, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola Adamawa State, Nigeria
4.Chemistry Department, Umar Suleiman College of Education Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria
5.CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Centre for Excellence in Nanoscience,National Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Citation :Musa Yakubu,et.al, Determination of the Level of Heavy Metals in Liver and Kidney of Cow and Goat Used As Meat Source in Mubi Adamawa State International Journal of Research in Environmental Science 2017,3(3) : 1-8
This work has been carried out to determine the levels of some heavy metals (Cr, Pb, Cu, Zn, Cd,and Mn), in liver and kidney of some animals used as meat source in Mubi, Adamawa State, Nigeria by wet digestion method using Buck scientific VGP 210 Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS). The levels of heavy metals in liver and kidney of cow and goat ranged from BDL to 0.001±0.00 (μg/g) Cr, 0.004 to 0.005±0.002 (μg/g), Pb, 0.04 to 0.52±0.30 (μg/g) Cu, 0.02 to 0.04±0.01 (μg/g) Mn, 0.001 to 0.001±0.00006 (μg/g) Cd, and 1.02 to 1.32±0.06 (μg/g) Zn. The concentrations of all the metals in the liver and kidney of cow and goat were found to be statistically significant. Generally, liver of cow and goat were found to have the highest levels of metals whereas kidney has lowest levels. When compared with one another (cow and goat) it shows significant differences. From this Study, it shows that the concentrations of all the metals were within the recommended limit set by WHO and USEPA. Hence, the liver and kidney from cow and goat in Mubi may be considered safe for consumption.