https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.0.1018

INORGANIC ELEMENTS IN COW AND SHEEP RAW MILK SAMPLES FROM NATIONAL PARK OF GARGANO

AIVI - September 2008 - Issue 1
Submitted: 7 February 2013
Accepted: 7 February 2013
Published: 21 September 2008
Trace elements, artificial gamma radionuclides, cow and sheep raw milk
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L. Carosielli
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
AUSL-Foggia, Italy.
G. Marchesani
Centro di Referenza Nazionale per la Ricerca della Radioattività nel Settore Zootecnico-Veterinario Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata - Foggia, Italy.
E. Chiaravalle
Centro di Referenza Nazionale per la Ricerca della Radioattività nel Settore Zootecnico-Veterinario Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata - Foggia, Italy.
S Lauriola
Medico Veterinario – Libero Professionista – Manfredonia (FG), Italy.
M. Mangiacotti
Centro di Referenza Nazionale per la Ricerca della Radioattività nel Settore Zootecnico-Veterinario Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata - Foggia, Italy.
A study about cow and sheep raw milk collected from different farms in the National Park of Gargano was carried out. A number of 93 raw milk samples (50 cow milk and 43 sheep milk) were analysed for the detection of several trace element (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mo, Mn, Pb, Se, Zn) and artificial gamma radionuclide (Cs-134, Cs-137) content. Data analysis shows a significant statistical difference between the two species. Cow milk mean values are always lower than sheep ones for Cu, Fe, Mn and Pb. Artificial longterm gamma radionuclide activity was not detected in all samples, resulting lower than the minimum detectable concentration (MDC). All inorganic contaminant concentration levels actually don’t represent a primary health concern. This research is also a contribution in the risk assessment related to the consumption of these products and confirm both sheep and cow milk as a good environmental pollution indicator. Furthermore, this investigation is a contribution to enhance safety and quality of typical dairy products from National Park of Gargano.

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Carosielli L, Marchesani G, Chiaravalle E, Lauriola S, Mangiacotti M. INORGANIC ELEMENTS IN COW AND SHEEP RAW MILK SAMPLES FROM NATIONAL PARK OF GARGANO. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2008 Sep. 21 [cited 2024 Oct. 20];1(1):31-4. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2008.1.31

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