Lead poisoning in woodpeckers in Sweden

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 763-765

  Mo̊rner, Torsten ^a   Petersson, Lars ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dendrocopus leucotos; Gray headed woodpecker; Lead poisoning; Picus canus; White backed woodpecker

Indexed keywords

DENDROCOPUS; FELIS CATUS; PICIDAE; PICUS CANUS;

LEAD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; PATHOLOGY; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; KIDNEY; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033203041     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.4.763     Document Type: Article

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