DDE poisoning in an adult bald eagle

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 299-303

  Garcelon, David K ^a   Thomas, Nancy J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bald eagle; California; DDE; Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Mortality; Organochlorine; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHOLINESTERASE; INSECTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; INTOXICATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHOLINESTERASES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POISONING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 0031113288     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.2.299     Document Type: Article

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