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Suspected lead poisoning in two captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) in South Africa, in 2008 and 2013

Whilst lead poisoning in raptors, scavenging birds and waterfowl is well studied and common knowledge, there is surprisingly little literature detailing the risk to mammalian scavengers and captive carnivores fed hunted meat. This case report describes the death of two captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jub...

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Autores principales: North, Michelle A., Lane, Emily P., Marnewick, Kelly, Caldwell, Peter, Carlisle, Glen, Hoffman, Louw C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS OpenJournals 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6138098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26304137
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v86i1.1286