Ahmed M A Meligy, Waleed R El-Ghareeb, Sherief M Abdel-Raheem, Hesham A A Ismail, Wageh S Darwish, Mahmoud Kandeel, Ahmed E Alfifi, Saad S Al-Shokair, Mohamed A Hussein
BACKGROUND: Camel meat tainted with heavy metals or trace elements may pose a health risk to consumers. Heavy metal contamination poses a severe danger due to both their toxicity and bioaccumulation in the food chain. AIM: To estimate the residual levels of heavy metals (Co, Cr, Mn, Se, and As) in muscle, liver, kidney, hair, and serum of three camel breeds (Magaheem, Maghateer, and Wadha) collected from Al-Omran abattoir, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. METHODS: A total of 225 tissue samples (muscles, liver, kidney, serum, and hair) were taken and analyzed using an Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer...
January 2024: Open Veterinary Journal