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1 September 2018 Lead Levels in the Eggs of a Chicken With Lead Toxicosis
Stephanie K. Lamb
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Abstract

A 1.5-year-old Polish hen was presented with a history of watery droppings and poor vent tone. Results of diagnostic tests revealed blood lead at levels considered to be toxic. Chelation therapy was started with calcium ethylenediaminetetraacetate. The hen was laying eggs before, during, and after chelation therapy. Eggs were tested for the presence of lead by combining yolk and albumen together. Before chelation therapy, the level of lead in the egg tested was 14 μg. Two days after the end of chelation therapy, results of a second blood lead test revealed a drop to nontoxic levels. No lead was detected in the combined yolks and albumen of eggs collected 7–11 days after the end of chelation therapy. Four weeks after the end of chelation therapy, no lead was identified in the shells of tested eggs.

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Stephanie K. Lamb "Lead Levels in the Eggs of a Chicken With Lead Toxicosis," Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 32(3), 217-220, (1 September 2018). https://doi.org/10.1647/2017-313
Published: 1 September 2018
KEYWORDS
albumen
Avian
chelation
chicken
egg
lead toxicosis
poultry
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