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The impact of strain and feed intake on egg toxic trace elements deposition in laying hens and its health risk assessment

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The impact of strain or feed intake on food trace elements and its health risk assessment is still ambiguous, and therefore, available facts are rare. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the effects of both strains and feed intake on trace elements depositions to egg, toxic heavy metals concentration, and health risk assessment of egg consumption. In the current cross-sectional study, the selected strains, including Shaver White, Hy-Line W36, Bovanse White, Lohman LSL-Lite, and Native laying hens of Khorasan Razavi province, were examined. A total number of 50 samples of eggs and 15 samples of their feed was purchased from poultry farms. Yolk and white were separately analyzed. Sample preparation was performed by wet digestion followed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry. Trace metals Pb, As, Cd, Hg, Cr, and Ni were detected. Statistical analysis was performed in Stata11.2 portable software. Although there was a significant difference in strains and feed, no significant difference was observed in trace elements in egg contents (weight of egg white and egg yolk). Mercury concentration in all the samples was below the instrument detection limit. In this study, the target hazardous quotients were below one for all trace elements. Therefore, Iranian does not experience the adverse health effects due to the consumption of egg.

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The authors would like to thank the Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, for financially supporting this study (grant no: 940732).

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  1. Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Mohammad Hashemi

  2. Food and Drug Office, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Abbas Sadeghi

  3. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Daneshgah Ave., Mashhad, Iran

    Mahmoud Dankob & Masoumeh Saghi

  4. Students Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Mahmoud Dankob

  5. Department of Food Safety and Hygiene, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran

    Majid Aminzare

  6. Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

    Mojtaba Raeisi

  7. Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Hamid Heidarian Miri

  8. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Hamid Heidarian Miri

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Hashemi, M., Sadeghi, A., Dankob, M. et al. The impact of strain and feed intake on egg toxic trace elements deposition in laying hens and its health risk assessment. Environ Monit Assess 190, 540 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-018-6811-3

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