Variation in trace elements levels among chicken, quail, guinea fowl and pigeon eggshell and egg content

Research Journal of Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 301-308

  Abduljaleel, Salwa A ^a,b   Shuhaimi Othman, M ^a   Babji, Abdulsalam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Domestic avian; Egg content; Eggshell; Trace element

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COLUMBA LIVIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX COTURNIX JAPONICA; DOMESTIC FOWL; EGG SHELL; GALLUS GALLUS; GUINEA; MALAYSIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUMIDA MELEAGRIS; PIGEON; POULTRY FARMING; PRODUCT RECOVERY; QUAIL; RURAL AREA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84857161689     PISSN: 18193420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjet.2011.301.308     Document Type: Article

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