Lead toxicosis in a captive bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) consequent to ingestion of air gun pellets

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-139

  Shlosberg, Alan ^a   Bellaiche, Michel ^a   Regev, Sharon ^b   Gal, Rivka ^c   Brizzi, Maika ^a   Hanji, Vera ^a   Zaidel, Liliana ^d   Nyska, Abraham ^a  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b Tel Aviv Universitv   (Israel)

^c Golda Medical Center Israel   (Israel)

^d WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air gun pellets; Bottlenose dolphin; Dolphinarium; Lead; Toxicosis; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHEMISTRY; DOLPHIN; FATALITY; FEMALE; KIDNEY CORTEX; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; MALE; MENINX; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; DOLPHINS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; KIDNEY CORTEX; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; MALE; MENINGES; OPTIC NERVE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; STOMACH;

EID: 0030635489     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.1.135     Document Type: Article

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