Lead pellet retention time and associated toxicity in northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2869-2874

  Kerr, Richard ^a   Holladay, Steven ^a   Jarrett, Timothy ^a   Selcer, Barbara ^a   Meldrum, Blair ^b   Williams, Susan ^a   Tannenbaum, Lawrence ^c   Holladay, Jeremy ^a   Williams, Jamie ^a   Gogal, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; D ALAD; Lead; Retention; Ventriculus

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC PH; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; AVIAN; BOBWHITE QUAIL; D-ALAD; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LEAD PELLETS; ORAL INGESTION; PAUCITY OF DATA; PELLET SIZE; RETENTION; RETENTION TIME; SHOT PELLETS; VENTRICULUS;

ABRASIVES; ACIDS; BLOOD; DISSOLUTION; LEAD; PELLETIZING; RADIOGRAPHY; TOXICITY;

ORE PELLETS;

LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE;

DISSOLUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMEBIRD; INGESTION RATE; LEAD; MORBIDITY; PH; RETENTION; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DISSOLUTION; DYING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; COLINUS; FEMALE; LEAD; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

AVES; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 78249266621     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.355     Document Type: Article

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