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Main Author: NRS Martins
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas 2010
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=179715862002
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  • Lead poisoning mortality in wild passeriformes and its detection in free-range chicken eggs in Southern Minas Gerais, Brazil NRS Martins MVR Marques Vilela DAR JS Resende AG Carvalhaes EAG Andrade PR Barrios Agrociencias car free lead passerine range chicken 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. 2010 artículo científico 1516-635X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=179715862002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1797 Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola application/pdf Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.12