Poisoning of bald eagles and red-tailed hawks by carbofuran and fensulfothion in the fraser delta of British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 486-491

  Elliott, J E ^a   Langelier, K M ^b   Mineau, P ^a   Wilson, L K ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Island Veterinary Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbofuran; Fensulfothion; Poisoning; Raptors

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRINAE; ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANSER; AVES; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; CICONIIFORMES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; RAPTORES;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARBOFURAN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; FENSULFOTHION; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN CROP; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BRAIN; CANADA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; INTOXICATION; LIVER; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAIN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBOFURAN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CROP, AVIAN; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; INSECTICIDES; LIVER; MALE; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POISONING;

EID: 0030180363     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.3.486     Document Type: Article

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