Lead Pellet Ingestion and Liver-Lead Concentrations in Upland Game Birds from Southern Ontario, Canada

One-hundred twenty-three gizzards from upland game birds (chukar, Alectoris chukar; and common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus) harvested by hunters in southern Ontario, Canada, were examined for lead pellet ingestion by manual examination of gizzard contents and by radiography. Lead pellets were foun...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology 2008-02, Vol.54 (2), p.331-336
Hauptverfasser:	Kreager, N, Wainman, B. C, Jayasinghe, R. K, Tsuji, L. J. S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alectoris chukar Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Applied ecology Bioaccumulation Biological and medical sciences Bird migration Birds Birds - metabolism Chemical contaminants Earth and Environmental Science Eating Ecotoxicology Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution Environment Environmental Chemistry Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollutants - metabolism Environmental Pollutants - standards Food contamination Food Contamination - analysis Fugitives Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Gizzard, Avian - metabolism Hunting Ingestion Lead Lead - metabolism Lead - standards Lead content Lead pellet ingestion Lead poisoning Lead shotshell Liver Liver - metabolism Liver-lead concentrations Meleagris gallopavo Monitoring/Environmental Analysis Ontario Perdix perdix Phasianidae Phasianus Pollution Radiography Risk Assessment Scientific imaging Soil Science & Conservation Studies Upland game birds Wildfowl
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Zusammenfassung:	One-hundred twenty-three gizzards from upland game birds (chukar, Alectoris chukar; and common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus) harvested by hunters in southern Ontario, Canada, were examined for lead pellet ingestion by manual examination of gizzard contents and by radiography. Lead pellets were found to be ingested by chukars (6/76; 8%) and the common pheasant (16/47; 34%). Further, 13% (17/129) of the bird (wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo; Hungarian partridge, Perdix perdix; chukar; and common pheasant) livers analyzed had elevated lead concentrations (>=6 μg/g wet weight [ww]). Liver-lead concentrations above Health Canada's guideline for human consumption of fish protein (
ISSN:	0090-4341 1432-0703
DOI:	10.1007/s00244-007-9020-6