Toxicity of Ingested Bismuth Alloy Shot in Game-farm Mallards

Acute Toxicity of Ingested Bismuth Alloy Shot in Game-farm Mallards

Authors

  • Glen C. Sanderson Illinois Natural History Survey
  • William L. Anderson Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Illinois Natural History Survey
  • George L. Foley University of Illinois and Illinois Natural History Survey
  • Loretta M. Skowron Illinois Natural History Survey
  • Jeffrey D. Brawn Illinois Natural History Survey
  • James W. Seets Illinois Natural History Survey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21900/j.inhs.v35.128

Abstract

In a 30-day study involving penned game-farm mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), no harmful health effects were detected from dosing with either six, No. 4, bismuth/tin (Bi/Sn) alloy shot or six, No. 4, steel (Fe) shot, as compared with sham (0 shot) dosing. Survival, hematocrit (Hct) values, body weight, and mean weights of kidneys, livers, gonads, and gizzards were not affected. Mean concentrations of nutritionally essential elements (calcium [Ca], phosphorous [P], magnesium [Mg], zinc [Zn], copper [Cu], Fe, and Sn) were different among doses and between sexes in kidneys, livers, and gonads. However, concentrations of these elements in these organs and tissues in Bi-dosed ducks were not different from both 0- and Fe-dosed ducks. Bi/Sn alloy shot, as tested in this study, elicited no indications of toxicity in game-farm mallard ducks.

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Published

1997-04-30

Issue

Vol. 35 No. 1-5 (1997)

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Copyright (c) 1997 University of Illinois Board of Trustees

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Toxicity of Ingested Bismuth Alloy Shot in Game-farm Mallards: Acute Toxicity of Ingested Bismuth Alloy Shot in Game-farm Mallards. (1997). Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin, 35(1-5), 185-216. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.inhs.v35.128