Abstract

This study was undertaken in Al-Qadisiya province during the period from December 2012 to March 2013 to determine the levels of cadmium and lead in raw milk of cows, sheep and goats in compared with the permissible levels reported by the international organizations. The study was included the analysis of (150) raw milk samples (50) samples per each species of animals from different regions of the province involving Diwaniya center, Sanyia, Shafeia Daghara, and Al-Hamza, (10) samples from each region. Results of the statistical analysis showed that there was a significant differences ( p˂0.05) in levels of Cadmium (Cd) and Lead (Pb) among the studied animals, the highest level of Cadmium and Lead were (0.251 and 0.801) mg /L respectively for sheep milk and the lowest values (0.098 and 0.311) mg / L respectively for cow's milk, and also shown significant difference (P<0.05) among different regions where the highest level of Cadmium and Lead were (0.184 and 0.624) mg / L respectively for AL-Hamza district and the lowest level were (0.144 and 0.507) mg / L respectively for AL-Daghara region. These values were a higher than permissible levels (0.005) ppm for Cadmium and (0.02) mg / L of milk for Lead

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