Variation in Trace Element Contents Among Chicken, Turkey, Duck, Goose, and Pigeon Eggs Analyzed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

dc.contributor.author	Nisianakis, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Giannenas, I	en
dc.contributor.author	Gavriil, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Kontopidis, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Kyriazakis, I	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:49:05Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:49:05Z
dc.date.issued	2009	en
dc.identifier.issn	0163-4984	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/4419
dc.subject	Trace elements	en
dc.subject	ICP-MS	en
dc.subject	Egg	en
dc.subject	Chicken	en
dc.subject	Turkey	en
dc.subject	Duck	en
dc.subject	Goose	en
dc.subject	Pigeon	en
dc.subject.classification	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	en
dc.subject.classification	Endocrinology & Metabolism	en
dc.subject.other	SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS	en
dc.subject.other	METAL	en
dc.subject.other	PROFILES	en
dc.subject.other	EMBRYO	en
dc.subject.other	BIRDS	en
dc.subject.other	FOODS	en
dc.subject.other	YOLK	en
dc.subject.other	WILD	en
dc.title	Variation in Trace Element Contents Among Chicken, Turkey, Duck, Goose, and Pigeon Eggs Analyzed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2009	en
heal.abstract	Despite substantial interest in the trace element content of eggs by poultry breeders, nutritionists, and environmental scientists, available data about trace elements levels in eggs are scarce. Trace element contents in yolk and albumen of chicken, turkey, duck, goose, and pigeon eggs were analyzed to establish a baseline dataset and assess differences among trace element content in avian species. We measured the selenium (Se), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), molybdenum (Mo), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), and thallium (Tl) contents in both yolk and albumen by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. One hundred twenty eggs deriving from 24 birds of each species, reared in the same poultry farm in northern Greece, were used; bird feed was common and based on cereals and legumes and contained no added vitamins or microminerals. Trace element contents in yolks were far higher than those in albumen, except for V and Ni. In yolks, the highest content for Se, Mo, and Tl were in pigeon eggs, for Zn, Mn, Cu, and Cr in turkey eggs, and for Co and Ni in goose eggs. In albumen, Se was highest in duck eggs, while Zn, Mn, and Co in pigeon ones. It is concluded that there is a substantial, up to threefold, variation for trace element contents in eggs among different domestic avian species offered the same feed.	en
heal.publisher	HUMANA PRESS INC	en
heal.journalName	BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.volume	128	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000263787100007	en
dc.identifier.spage	62	en
dc.identifier.epage	71	en