Recent and chronic exposure of wild ducks to lead in human-modified wetlands in santa fe province, Argentina

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 823-827

  Ferreyra, Hebe ^a   Romano, Marcelo ^b   Uhart, Marcela ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Argentina)

^b ECOSUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Bone; Ducks; Gizzard; Hunting; Lead; Rice fields; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANIMALIA; AVES; DENDROCYGNA BICOLOR; NETTA PEPOSACA;

LEAD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BIRD DISEASE; BONE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DUCK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; LEAD POISONING; MALE; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARGENTINA; BIRD DISEASES; BONE AND BONES; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GIZZARD; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 70349334248     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.3.823     Document Type: Article

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