LEAD POISONING IN CAPTIVE WILD ANIMALS

摘要: Lead poisoning was diagnosed post-mortem in 34 simian primates, 11 parrots, and 3 Australian fruit bats at the National Zoological Park. Diagnoses were made by finding of acid-fast intranuclear inclusion bodies renal epithelia or hepatocytes and, most cases, excess lead samples liver. The estimated prevalence intoxication among autopsied primates parrots 44% 50% respectively. Leaded paint found many animal enclosures this zoo it available to all lead-poisoned animals study. several zoos, scattered reports dwelling various occurrence leaded zoos high incidence zoo, indicated that is much more common than previously thought.