title: Wet versus dry weights for heavy metal toxicity determinations in duck liver.
abstract: Determinations for heavy metals in duck liver using wet weight in lieu of dry weight produced errors that could not be quantitated. Weight loss through air-drying ranged from 10 to 21% in the first 2 h. for frozen tissue and 7 to 11% for fresh tissue. This difference becomes increasingly variable with time.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004372:Ducks / Q000378:metabolism*; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis*; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D008722:Methods
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D007854:Lead