Analysis Of Heavy Metals Concentration In Commercial Hen Eggs From Three Different Cities Of Punjab-Pakistan
By: Rimsha Kanwal (2011-VA-452)
| Dr. Azmat Ullah Khan.
Contributor(s): Dr. Sanaullah Iqbal | Mr. Faisal Hussnain.
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BookPublisher: 2017Description: 78p.Subject(s): Food Safety and ControlDDC classification: 2882-T Dissertation note: Eggs are considered as one of the best food providing health, due to its high protein content,
levels of unsaturated fatty acids and excellent of minerals and vitamins profile. Increasing the
contents of minerals, vitamins and fatty acids in the feed of the bird will increase the level of
these nutrients in the eggs. Heavy metals have known to affect human health mainly through
contamination either from food or from the water. Heavy metals can accumulate in the chicken
eggs if higher levels are present in feed and water. The present study was conducted with the
aims to reveal the heavy metal content in the eggs from three different cities of Punjab-Pakistan.
For this purpose, a total of 45 egg samples along with feed and water from 5 different farms
located in three major industrial cities (Sialkot, Kasur, Surrounding of Lahore) of Punjab,
Pakistan were collected. The heavy metals like Arsenic, Cadmium, Chromium, Copper, Lead
Zinc were determined through spectroscopic technique. The collected data was analyzed through
Analysis of Variance technique. The means were compared using Fisher’s LSD test. The results
showed significantly higher Arsenic contents in the egg samples from Kasur, Copper and
Chromium in eggs from surroundings of Lahore, while Cadmium, Zinc and Lead showed nonsignificant
differences among different cities. Similarly, water of farms from Sialkot region had
highest concentration of Cadmium, Lead and Zinc, whereas feed and water samples from farms
of Sialkot and Kasur region showed highest Chromium contents, Surroundings of Lahore and
Sialkot region had highest copper in the feed and water samples. Arsenic showed non-significant
differences in feed and water. Moreover, most of the heavy metals are above permissible limits
in egg samples.
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Eggs are considered as one of the best food providing health, due to its high protein content,
levels of unsaturated fatty acids and excellent of minerals and vitamins profile. Increasing the
contents of minerals, vitamins and fatty acids in the feed of the bird will increase the level of
these nutrients in the eggs. Heavy metals have known to affect human health mainly through
contamination either from food or from the water. Heavy metals can accumulate in the chicken
eggs if higher levels are present in feed and water. The present study was conducted with the
aims to reveal the heavy metal content in the eggs from three different cities of Punjab-Pakistan.
For this purpose, a total of 45 egg samples along with feed and water from 5 different farms
located in three major industrial cities (Sialkot, Kasur, Surrounding of Lahore) of Punjab,
Pakistan were collected. The heavy metals like Arsenic, Cadmium, Chromium, Copper, Lead
Zinc were determined through spectroscopic technique. The collected data was analyzed through
Analysis of Variance technique. The means were compared using Fisher’s LSD test. The results
showed significantly higher Arsenic contents in the egg samples from Kasur, Copper and
Chromium in eggs from surroundings of Lahore, while Cadmium, Zinc and Lead showed nonsignificant
differences among different cities. Similarly, water of farms from Sialkot region had
highest concentration of Cadmium, Lead and Zinc, whereas feed and water samples from farms
of Sialkot and Kasur region showed highest Chromium contents, Surroundings of Lahore and
Sialkot region had highest copper in the feed and water samples. Arsenic showed non-significant
differences in feed and water. Moreover, most of the heavy metals are above permissible limits
in egg samples.
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