Effects of lead, iron, and bismuth alloy shot embedded in the breast muscles of game-farm mallards

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 688-697

  Sanderson, Glen C ^a   Anderson, William L ^b   Foley, George L ^c   Havera, Stephen P ^a   Skowron, Loretta M ^d   Brawn, Jeffrey W ^a   Taylor, Gale D ^c   Seets, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Bismuth alloy shot; Breast muscle; Embedded shot; Iron shot; Lead shot; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; BISMUTH; IRON; LEAD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; DUCK; FEMALE; GONAD; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; RANDOMIZATION;

ALLOYS; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BISMUTH; BODY WEIGHT; DUCKS; FEMALE; GONADS; IRON; KIDNEY; LEAD; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; POISONING; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0032177742     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.4.688     Document Type: Article

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