Adverse health effects in Canada geese (Branta canadensis) associated with waste from zinc and lead mines in the Tri-State Mining District (Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri, USA)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 650-660

  van der Merwe, Deon ^a   Carpenter, James W ^a   Nietfeld, Jerome C ^a   Miesner, John F ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Branta canadensis; Canada goose; Lead poisoning; Mine waste; Tri State Mining District; Zinc poisoning

Indexed keywords

ANATIDAE; AVES; BRANTA CANADENSIS;

EID: 79960218730     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.3.650     Document Type: Article

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