Journal of Environmental Protection
Vol.6 No.6(2015), Paper ID 57653, 5
pages
DOI:10.4236/jep.2015.66055
Estimation of Heavy Metal Levels in the Muscle, Gizzard, Liver and Kidney of Broiler, Layer and Local (Cockerel) Chickens Raised within Awka Metropolis and Its Environs, Anambra State, South Eastern Nigeria
P. A. C. Okoye, V. I. E. Ajiwe, O. R. Okeke, I. I. Ujah, U. B. Asalu, D. O. Okeke
Pure and Industrial Chemistry Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe Univeristy, Awka, Nigeria
Pure and Industrial Chemistry Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe Univeristy, Awka, Nigeria
Optical Section, Scientific Equipment Development Institute, Enugu, Nigeria
Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
Plastic Section, Scientific Equipment Development Institute, Enugu, Nigeria
Department of Applied Biochemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
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Okoye, P. , Ajiwe, V. , Okeke, O. , Ujah, I. , Asalu, U. and Okeke, D. (2015) Estimation of Heavy Metal Levels in the Muscle, Gizzard, Liver and Kidney of Broiler, Layer and Local (Cockerel) Chickens Raised within Awka Metropolis and Its Environs, Anambra State, South Eastern Nigeria.
Journal of Environmental Protection,
6, 609-613. doi:
10.4236/jep.2015.66055.