Incidence of lead shot ingestion in red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa) in Great Britain

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 661-662

  Butler, D A ^a,b  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AVIAN STOMACH; BIRD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INGESTION; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGIST; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALECTORIS RUFA; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 28644434002     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.21.661     Document Type: Article

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