Dietary Mercury Exposure Resulted in Behavioral Differences in Mice Contaminated with Fish-Associated Methylmercury Compared to Methylmercury Chloride Added to Diet

Table 2

The metal and selenium composition of the diets used^a.

Element	Diets
	Control diet	MeHg^b	Fish^c
Al	41.1	41.1	39.1
Cd	64.10^−3	64.10^−3	62.10^−3
Co	0.80	0.80	0.76
Cr	0.72	0.72	0.69
Cu	7.99	7.99	7.63
Hg (total)	8.10 ^−3	253.10 ^−3	237.10 ^−3
Ni	0.39	0.39	0.38
Pb	0.165	0.165	0.161
Se	0.30	0.30	0.48
Zn	41.1	41.1	40.0

^aMetals and selenium are given in mg/kg.
^bMeHg: mice were fed a MeHg-containing diet.
^cFish: mice were fed a 4.9% aimara flesh-containing diet.