Liver Lead Concentrations in Raptors in New Jersey, USA, 2008—2010
| Autor: | Lisa A. Murphy, William Stansley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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New Jersey Incidence Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Incidence (epidemiology) General Medicine Biology Toxicology Pollution Hawks Lead Poisoning Animal science Lead Liver Epidemiological Monitoring Lead exposure Background exposure Animals Ecotoxicology Environmental Pollutants Environmental Monitoring Subclinical infection |
| Zdroj: | Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 87:171-174 |
| ISSN: | 1432-0800 0007-4861 |
| Popis: | Lead exposure in New Jersey raptors was assessed by analyzing liver samples from carcasses obtained from wildlife rehabilitators. Samples were collected from 221 individuals representing 13 species. Concentrations were within the range of normal background exposure in 12 species. One red-tailed hawk had a liver lead concentration consistent with clinical poisoning (7.4 μg/g wet weight), which represents an incidence of 1% (1/104) in that species and 0.5% (1/221) in the overall sample. A second red-tailed hawk had a liver lead concentration consistent with subclinical exposure (2.1 μg/g wet weight). The combined incidence of elevated exposure (subclinical exposure + clinical poisoning) was 2% (2/104) in red-tailed hawks and 1% (2/221) in the overall sample. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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