A SURVEY OF LEAD-POISONING IN WILD WATERFOWL IN JAPAN

Authors
OCHIAI K HOSHIKO K JIN K TSUZUKI T ITAKURA C
Citation
K. Ochiai et al., A SURVEY OF LEAD-POISONING IN WILD WATERFOWL IN JAPAN, Journal of wildlife diseases, 29(2), 1993, pp. 349-352
Citations number
12
Journal title
Journal of wildlife diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00903558
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
349 - 352
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-3558(1993)29:2<349:ASOLIW>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Ingested shotgun pellets were found in 13 of 56 hunter-killed wild wat erfowl between October and December 1991 from two hunting grounds in J apan. Four of 33 other waterfowl found dead in lightly hunted areas be tween January 1991 and March 1992 were diagnosed as having lead poison ing. We propose that lead poisoning maybe a threat to waterfowl in jap an.