Journal
TOXICOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL HEALTH
Volume 30, Issue 6, Pages 576-580Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0748233712462467
Keywords
Arsenic; chicken; duck; eggs; litter
Funding
- Indian Veterinary Research Institute
- National Agricultural Innovation Project, ICAR, India
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Arsenicosis caused due to drinking of arsenic contaminated ground water is a major environmental health hazard throughout the world. We evaluated the ecotoxicological effect of arsenic on chicken and duck in an arsenic endemic zone. The concentration of arsenic was higher in chicken and duck feed and their by-products than that in the respective samples of control area. Arsenic concentration in the eggs of both chicken and duck was higher than that in the respective samples of control area. Thus, we concluded that arsenic enters into food chain through the intake of contaminated eggs. Furthermore, adverse health effect of arsenic on avian population is due to the alteration in haematobiochemical indices.
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