EFFECT OF THE FODDER ADDITIVE GEMOVIT-MEYAN ON THE CONTENT OF LEAD AND CADMIUM IN THE BODIES AND TISSUES OF WHITE RATS IN SUBACUTE EXPERIMENT
When white rats are poisoned with lead and cadmium at a dose of 50 and 5 mg/ kg of feed, the largest accumulation of heavy metals is observed in the liver (4,04 mg/kg Pb and 6,13 mg/kg Cd) and kidneys (4,13 mg/kg Pb and 9,09 mg/ kg Cd), a rather high content of lead was also noted in the spleen (3,77 mg/kg). The use of the gemovit-meyan feed additive for 2 months on the background of poisoning led to a decreasing in the content of cadmium in all the studied animal organs by 40...60 %, while for lead there was only a tendency to reduce its content in the organs. On the basis of the obtained data, it is possible to conclude about the potential effectiveness of gemovit-meyan in poisoning with heavy metals and recommend its further study as an additional tool that can reduce heavy metals intoxication.