Strong circumstantial evidence for ethanol toxicosis in Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 995-998

  Kinde, Hailu ^a   Foate, Eileen ^b   Beeler, Emily ^c   Uzal, Fransisco ^a   Moore, Janet ^a   Poppenga, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Veterinary Public Health and Rabies Control Program Los Angeles County   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombycilla cedrorum; Cedar Waxwing; Ethanol; Schinus terebinthifolius; Toxicosis

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ETHANOL; FRUIT; MORTALITY; MUSCLE; ORNITHOLOGY; PASSERINE; PATHOLOGY;

AVES; BOMBYCILLA CEDRORUM; SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS;

EID: 84865150463     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0858-7     Document Type: Article

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