caa a22 4500 388060387 CHVBK 20180307125119.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199808 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1357729800009826 doi S1357729800009826 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1357729800009826 Accumulation of potentially toxic elements by sheep given diets containing soil and sewage sludge. 2. Effect of the ingestion of soils treated historically with sewage sludge [Elektronische Daten] Current European Union legislation will increase the level of disposal of sewage sludge to agricultural land in the next 10 years. This increase may lead to an increase in ingestion, by grazing animals, of herbage with elevated levels of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) derived from sludge adhered to the herbage or sewage sludge-amended soil resulting in the accumulation of PTEs in body tissues, especially the liver and kidney. To assess the possible accumulation of PTEs from soils treated historically with sewage sludge, eight groups of housed weaned lambs were given either dried grass as a sole food (grass control), or diets comprising dried grass (0·9 of total diet dry matter (DM)) and soil (0·1 of total diet DM) from two experimental sites, plots within which had been treated 14 years previously with different quantities of sewage sludge. Soils from the two sites (Cassington and Royston) had contrasting physical characteristics, pH and contents of calcium. The soil from the site at Cassington was slightly acidic (pH 6·0) and had a concentration of calcium of 7·92 g/kg DM whereas the soil from the site at Royston was alkaline (pH 8·0) and had a high concentration of calcium (23·5 g/kg DM). Plots at each site had a range of concentrations of cadmium (Cd) in the soil up to three times the United Kingdom (UK) statutory limit of 3 mg Cd per kg DM. The soils from these two sites were designated control — no amendment with sewage sludge (0·69 mg Cd per kg DM), low (3·55 mg Cd per kg DM), medium (6·63 mg Cd per kg DM) and high (8·82 mg Cd per kg DM; Cassington soil only). Voluntary DM intake of diets by weaned lambs (mean 1436 glday) was not affected significantly by any dietary treatment. The concentrations of Cd in liver increased (P < 0·001) from 0·061 and 0·072 mg/kg DM (Royston and Cassington control, respectively) to 0·218 and 0·403 mg/kg DM (Royston and Cassington medium, respectively) and 0·500 mg/kg DM (Cassington high). The concentrations of Pb in liver increased (P < 0·001) from 0·733 and 0·627 mg/kg DM (Royston and Cassington control, respectively) to 118 and 1·25 mg/kg DM (Royston and Cassington medium, respectively) and 1·18 mg/kg DM (Cassington high). Similar changes were observed for concentrations of Cd and Pb in kidney. A depletion of the concentration of Cu in the liver was observed in all treatments containing soil in the diet. The rate of accumulation of Cd in the liver ranged from 0 to 0·35 μg/g daily tissue DM growth and in the kidney ranged from 0 to 0·44 μg/g daily tissue DM growth. The rate of accumulation of Pb in the liver ranged from 0 to 6·01 μg/g daily tissue DM growth and in the kidney ranged from 0 to 0·63 μg/g daily tissue DM growth. No significant accumulation of PTEs was observed in muscle tissue. It is concluded that the current UK statutory limits for the concentrations ofCd and Pb in soils treated with sewage sludge should be reviewed in the light of these results, though they require confirmation in the grazing situation. Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1998 lambs nationallicence sewage sludge nationallicence tissue accumulation nationallicence toxic elements nationallicence Hill J. Department of Agriculture and Rural Management, University College Writtle, Chelmsford CM1 3RR Stark B. A. Cap House, Llangua, Abergavenny NP7 8HD Wilkinson J. M. Department of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT Curran M. K. Department of Agriculture, Horticulture and the Environment, Wye College, University of London, Wye, Ashford TN25 5AH Lean I. J. Department of Agriculture, Horticulture and the Environment, Wye College, University of London, Wye, Ashford TN25 5AH Hall J. E. Water Research Centre plc, Henley Road, Medmenham, Marlow SL7 2HD Livesey C. T. Central Veterinary Laboratory, New Haw, Addlestone KT15 3NB Animal Science Cambridge University Press 67/1(1998-08), 87-96 1357-7298 67:1<87 1998 67 ASC https://doi.org/10.1017/S1357729800009826 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1357729800009826 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hill J. Department of Agriculture and Rural Management, University College Writtle, Chelmsford CM1 3RR NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stark B. A. Cap House, Llangua, Abergavenny NP7 8HD NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wilkinson J. M. Department of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Curran M. K. Department of Agriculture, Horticulture and the Environment, Wye College, University of London, Wye, Ashford TN25 5AH NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lean I. J. Department of Agriculture, Horticulture and the Environment, Wye College, University of London, Wye, Ashford TN25 5AH NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hall J. E. Water Research Centre plc, Henley Road, Medmenham, Marlow SL7 2HD NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Livesey C. T. 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