## Abstract Birds are exposed to Pb by oral ingestion of spent Pb shot as grit. A paucity of data exists for retention and clearance of these particles in the bird gastrointestinal tract. In the current study, northern bobwhite quail (__Colinus virginianus__) were orally gavaged with 1, 5, or 10 Pb
The prevalence and retention of lead pellets in Japanese quail
โ Scribed by Kazuhiro Yamamoto; Masatoshi Hayashi; Makoto Yoshimura; Hitofumi Hayashi; Ayako Hiratsuka; Yohko Isii
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 372 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-4341
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