Effects of embedded tungsten-bismuth-tin shot and steel shot on mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Kraabel, Brita J ^a   Miller, Michael W ^a   Getzy, David M ^b   Ringelman, James K ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Experimental study; Hematology; Mallard duck; Nontoxic shot; Steel shot; TBT; Tungsten bismuth tin shot

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

BISMUTH; STEEL; TIN; TUNGSTEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; DUCK; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BISMUTH; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DUCKS; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STEEL; TIN; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 0029685147     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.1.1     Document Type: Article

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