Lead poisoning mortality in wild passeriformes and its detection in free-range chicken eggs in Southern Minas Gerais, Brazil
Martins, NRS; Marques, MVR; DAR, Vilela; Resende, JS; Carvalhaes, AG; Andrade, EAG; Barrios, PR.
R. bras. Ci. avíc.;
12(3)2010.
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em Inglês
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Resumo
The mortality of passerines native of Southern Minas Gerais, Brazil, in August 2006 and the examination of sentinel free-range chicken eggs in August 2007 in an area surrounding a car battery lead smelter plant is described. The high levels of lead, as detected in the passerines (4.80-12.74 mg/kg) at the onset of mortality and at the follow-up sampling of the free-range chicken eggs (25.02-35.21 mg/kg in shells, 0.41-1.36 mg/kg in yolks and 0.40-0.75 mg/kg in the albumins), used as environmental sentinels, indicated the continuing lead pollution.
Biblioteca responsável:
BR68.1
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