Ruptured-yolk peritonitis and organochlorine [pesticide] residues in a royal tern
Ruptured-yolk peritonitis was responsible for the death of a royal tern. Lodgment of eggs in the oviduct was probably due to reverse peristalsis brought about by breakage of the thin-shelled eggs and secondary bacterial infection. The thin shells were apparently not related to the low levels of DDE...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Avian diseases 1977-07, Vol.21 (3), p.445-447 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Ruptured-yolk peritonitis was responsible for the death of a royal tern. Lodgment of eggs in the oviduct was probably due to reverse peristalsis brought about by breakage of the thin-shelled eggs and secondary bacterial infection. The thin shells were apparently not related to the low levels of DDE and other organochlorine pollutants found in tissues and egg contents. |
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ISSN: | 0005-2086 1938-4351 |
DOI: | 10.2307/1589330 |