Tissue lead concentrations in Japanese quail ingesting lead Pellets or shot with lead pellets
Data obtained from birds shot by hunters warrant the consideration that shooting with lead pellets may contrbute to the quantity of lead detected in tissues. Information on the effects of shooting avian species with lead shot on tissue concentrations of lead is, therefore, of considerable importance in assessing the value of birds shot by hunters as a source of samples for studying lead contamination. Kendall found that liver and bone lead concentrations of mourning doves were substantially increased after ingestion of a lead shot. Waterfowl shot by hunters and with direct evidence of ingested lead shot had significantly higher liver lead concentrations than did waterfowl without ingested lead shot. As little information on the effects of shooting with lead projectiles on tissue lead concentrations exists, the present study was designed to measure the effects of shooting Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) with lead pellets on lead concentrations in livers and in bones).
- Research Organization:
- Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg
- OSTI ID:
- 6194503
- Journal Information:
- Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Vol. 26:5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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