Detection of Arsenic In Chickens And Ducks

The present study was undertaken for the detection of arsenic in chickens and ducks. Arsenic was detected qualitatively by Reinsch test, semiquantitatively by Arsen test kit and quantitatively by Perkin-Elmer Hydride Generation AAS 300 system (HGQF-AAS) in seven organs and faeces of each of fifty live chickens and ducks collected randomly from different chickens and duck farms and markets from various places of each of five districts of Bangladesh i e. Chandpur, Mymensingh,
Rajshahi, Khulna and Barisal. The distribution of arsenic concentration was highest in liver and lowest in faeces of chickens and ducks.