Assesment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Lung and Kidney of Broiler and Its Correlation of Water and Animals Feed
Amelia Ramadhani Anshar, Hera Maheshwari, Huda Shalahudin Darusman

Universitas Hasanuddin, Institut Pertanian Bogor

Abstract

Cadmium belongs to heavy metal with high anthropogenic pollutant and non-essential to physiological function. Cadmium present in soil, water, air as well as in food. Reguler intake of consuming cadmium leads to physiological disorders in poultry animal as well as humans as one who consume it. The aim of this study was to analyze the profile of cadmium content in environtmental samples (poultry feed and water) and it correlated with the degree of contamination in broiler tissue. The study used 30 sample of poultry feeds and animal water, 30 sample of chicken lungs and 30 sample of chicken kidneys. Feed samples were taken at each floc where the chickne were previously taken. The results showed level of cadmium in feed between 0.009-0.202 mg / kg and 0.0068-0.0096 mg / l of cadmium in the water. Cadmium in the lungs and kidneys wass positively contaminated by cadmium with a range of 0.438-0.655 mg / kg and it was significantly different (p <0.05) among the organs. A strong positive correlation was found between cadmium and water levels in kidneys (r = 0.925). In contrast, a weak positive correlation (r = 0.624) was found in the relationship between cadmium in feed and lung. As the conclusion, cadmium consentration in the poultry feed and water increased significantly to the concentration of cadmium deposited in organs.

Keywords: Broiler, Cadmium, Lung, Kidney

Topic: One Health