Abstract:
This study was conducted in Rabak area, White Nile state for screening of
some heavy metals (cadmium, copper, lead and zinc) in some tissues of fish,
bovine and ovine during April 2020. Samples were collected from Rabak
central fish market and Rabak slaughterhouse and processed in the laboratory of
the National Center for Research in Khartoum. The results showed that the
means concentration of Cd, was higher in fish muscle compared of bovine and
ovine where as it was concentrated in ovine liver and bovine kidney. The lead is
high in bovine tissue bovine liver where as high in bovine kidney. The copper
is high ovine liver and ovine kidney. The high concentration of zinc in bovine
muscle and bovine liver samples. The result showed that some samples were not
confirm of some international standards European Commission standard (EC
1881, 2001) and FAO standards (FAO, 2003)
