Investigation of Selected Heavy Metals Concentration in Animal Feeds in United Arab Emirates
Nizar A. Al Haj Ali
Department of National Laboratories, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Ideisan I. Abu-Abdoun *
Department of Chemistry, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Abdulla S. Janaan
Department of National Laboratories, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Jumana H. Hassan
Department of National Laboratories, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Maha A. Al Jeaidi
Department of National Laboratories, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The animal feed materials contaminated with heavy metals, which usually comes from soils to plant, atmosphere and contaminated seawater. Various animal feed and feed supplements imported by local agents at United Arab Emirates (UAE) subjected for analysis using ICP- MS technique the concentration of the four selected heavy metals, namely; Arsenic (As), Lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd), and mercury (Hg), found to be within the national standard.
Keywords: Heavy metals concentration, animal feed, ICP-MS analysis.