Lead poisoning in swans in Japan |
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Authors: | Honda K Lee D P Tatsukawa R |
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Institution: | Department of Environment Conservation, Ehime University, Tarumi 3-5-7, Matsuyama 790, Japan. |
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Abstract: | We investigated the occurrence, source and exposure time of lead poisoning in whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus cygnus) and Bewick's swans (Cygnus columbianus bewickii) in Japan during the winters of 1984-1987. Concentrations of lead in various tissues and physiological evidence of lead shot in some birds indicated that lead shotgun pellets were the source of lead, and exposure occurred after the birds arrived in Japan. Mortality probably occurred within 30 days after exposure to, and retention of, lead shot in the gizzard. |
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