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Lead Exposure in Free-Flying Turkey Vultures Is Associated with Big Game Hunting in California

Predatory and scavenging birds are at risk of lead exposure when they feed on animals injured or killed by lead ammunition. While lead ammunition has been banned from waterfowl hunting in North America for almost two decades, lead ammunition is still widely used for hunting big game and small game a...

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Autores principales: Kelly, Terra R., Johnson, Christine K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3071801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21494326
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015350