A GIS based assessment of some heavy metal concentrations in milk and rural dairy products in Sohag governorate, Egypt

Ateteallah, H.; Mohran, M. A.; Abd El-Khair, A. A.; Abed El-Rahim, A. M.; Mustafa, A. A.

doi:10.21608/aasj.2018.23573

A GIS based assessment of some heavy metal concentrations in milk and rural dairy products in Sohag governorate, Egypt

Document Type : Research article

Authors

¹ Dairy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt

² Dairy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

³ Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt

10.21608/aasj.2018.23573

Abstract

This study was carried out to assess and map some trace elements in raw buffalo's milk and some house - made dairy products collected from some villages of Sohag, Egypt. The representative villages named as Nza El-hesh, Enibes, Bnawett, Basona, Abar El-waqf, El-hwaweash, Arab El-sabha, Awlad Salem, El-mgabra and Mzata. Cadmium and lead were measured in More than 180 samples of fresh raw buffalo's milk and house - made rural milk products including, Laban Rayeb, Cream, Samna, Kareish cheese and Mish cheese. The spatial variability maps were generated using GIS.

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