Table 2.
Deposition of arsenic in albumen, yolk, egg, liver, and kidney of laying hens.1
| Item2 | Dietary arsenic dosage, mg/kg |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.95 | 20.78 | 40.67 | 60.25 | |
| Albumen, μg/kg | 4.09 ± 0.04d | 9.20 ± 0.09c | 12.08 ± 0.19b | 20.49 ± 0.18a |
| Yolk, μg/kg | 4.20 ± 0.09d | 10.37 ± 0.37c | 12.75 ± 0.51b | 21.00 ± 0.38a |
| Egg, μg/kg | 8.29 ± 0.12d | 19.57 ± 0.36c | 24.83 ± 0.59b | 41.49 ± 0.49a |
| Albumen, % | 49.42 ± 0.30 | 47.10 ± 0.99 | 48.74 ± 0.92 | 49.41 ± 0.40 |
| Yolk, % | 50.58 ± 0.30 | 52.91 ± 0.99 | 51.26 ± 0.92 | 50.59 ± 0.40 |
| Liver, mg/g | 15.43 ± 0.17d | 36.46 ± 0.20c | 83.14 ± 0.38b | 102.62 ± 0.17a |
| Kidney, mg/g | 13.45 ± 0.18d | 32.55 ± 0.24c | 68.56 ± 0.18b | 94.41 ± 0.19a |
a–dMeans with different superscript letters differ significantly in the same row (P < 0.05).
1
Values are the means ± SE (n = 6).
2
Deposition of arsenic in egg = deposition of arsenic in albumen + deposition of arsenic in yolk; albumen, % = deposition of arsenic in albumen/deposition of arsenic in egg; yolk, % = deposition of arsenic in yolk/deposition of arsenic in egg.