Lead, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, and copper in chicken feathers from Tuskegee, Alabama

Conference · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:40192

Khan, A T ^[1]; Love, M J; Booker, T ^[2]; Mielke, H W ^[3]

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1. Tuskegee Univ., AL (United States). Dept. of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology
2. Washington High School, Tuskegee, AL (United States)
3. Xavier Univ. of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA (United States)

The feather has been widely used as a indicator tissue of metal exposure in birds. The feathers were collected from Tuskegee University poultry farm (TUPF) and Harrison Poultry farm (HPF) chicken and analyzed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy for lead, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, and copper contaminations. The mean levels of lead, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, and copper in TUPF chicken were 3.67, 0.13, 12.23, 0.22, and 7.71 ppm, respectively, and in HPF chicken were 5.32, 0.096, 11.03, 0.15, and 8.06 ppm, respectively. The mean levels of these metals did not show any significant difference between TUPF and HPF chicken.

• OSTI ID: 40192
• Report Number(s): CONF-9410273-; TRN: IM9520%%387
• Resource Relation: Conference: 15. annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Denver, CO (United States), 30 Oct - 3 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 15th annual meeting: Abstract book. Ecological risk: Science, policy, law, and perception; PB: 286 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
CHICKENS
SENSITIVITY
LEAD
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
CADMIUM
COBALT
CHROMIUM
COPPER
BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS