Lead poisoning in a northern bobwhite in Georgia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 180-183

  Lewis, Lynn A ^a   Schweitzer, Sara H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Colinus virginianus; Dove fields; Lead shot; Lead toxicosis; Northern bobwhite

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COLINUS; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PARALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; COLINUS; GEORGIA; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PARALYSIS;

EID: 0033628364     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.1.180     Document Type: Article

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