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Sarkar, Samar
- Effect of Environmental Exposure of Arsenic on Cattle and Poultry in Nadia District, West Bengal, India
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Authors
Bakul Kumar Datta
,
Moloy Kumar Bhar
,
Pabitra Hriday Patra
,
Debasish Majumdar
,
Radha Raman Dey
,
Samar Sarkar
,
Tapan Kumar Mandal
,
Animesh Kumar Chakraborty
Source
Toxicology International (Formerly Indian Journal of Toxicology), Vol 19, No 1 (2012), Pagination: 59-62Abstract
A study was undertaken to evaluate an alternative source of arsenicosis in human food chain through livestock. Thirty milch cattle and 20 poultry birds along with their eggs were selected randomly from two endemic villages of Nadia district and one nonendemic villages of Hooghly district in West Bengal, India. Milk, feces, urine, and hair samples of cattle and feed materials, such as water and straw, were collected to analyze arsenic status. Arsenic concentration in egg yolk and albumen from poultry eggs and different poultry organs after culling was estimated. Distribution of arsenic in animal body indicates that major portion of arsenic was eliminated through feces, urine, and milk. Poultry egg yolk, albumen, and poultry products retain arsenic in all organs. Cows and poultry birds reared in endemic zone retain significantly higher concentration of arsenic. Consumption of egg, agricultural produces grown in contaminated soil, and milk might have produced arsenicosis and may be considered as alternative source of arsenic contamination.Keywords
Arsenic, cattle, poultry, residue- Chronic Arsenicosis of Cattle in West Bengal and It’s Possible Mitigation by Sodium Thiosulfate
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Authors
Choton K. Ghosh
1,
Bakul K. Datta
2,
Suman Biswas
1,
Chinmoy Maji
1,
Samar Sarkar
1,
Tapan K. Mandal
2,
Debasish Majumder
3,
Animesh K. Chakraborty
2
Affiliations
1 Department of Veterinary Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence, West Bengal, IN
2 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata 700 037, West Bengal, IN
3 Department of Agricultural Statistics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal 741 252, IN
1 Department of Veterinary Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence, West Bengal, IN
2 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata 700 037, West Bengal, IN
3 Department of Agricultural Statistics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal 741 252, IN