Table 1 Weekly and total arsenic intakes of each animal on exposure to sodium arsenite and sodium arsenate for 12 weeks through drinking water

50 ppm

100 ppm

150 ppm

100 ppm

150 ppm

200 ppm

1

9.30

16.00

18.30

16.31

23.27

37.03

2

8.53

16.83

21.30

16.26

21.69

29.94

3

8.57

17.34

19.29

11.80

17.57

26.75

4

8.26

13.54

16.84

12.69

18.56

23.94

5

6.89

13.60

15.43

13.26

15.63

22.06

6

6.84

12.40

16.54

12.49

15.21

19.94

7

6.94

11.77

18.47

10.06

16.67

20.09

8

6.44

10.30

15.60

11.94

13.76

17.73

9

6.49

11.08

15.21

9.86

12.94

17.08

10

6.53

10.97

14.61

9.57

11.91

18.60

11

7.50

11.09

19.59

11.38

12.30

14.67

12

6.63

12.72

16.71

9.14

12.69

16.60

Total intake (mg)

88.91

157.58

207.90

144.75

192.20

264.42

Mean intake/week (mg) (± S.E.M)

7.41 ± 0.29

13.13 ± 0.69

17.33 ± 0.60

12.06 ± 0.68

16.02 ± 1.07

22.04 ± 1.87