2007 Summaries of Wildlife Research Findings - Minnesota State ...

NONTOXIC AND LEAD SHOT LITERATURE REVIEW
Molly A. Tranel and Richard O. Kimmel, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources,
Farmland Wildlife Population and Research Group, 35365 800 th Ave, Madelia, MN
56062, email: richard.kimmel@dnr.state.mn.us, phone 507-642-8478 x 225
The following is: 1) a list of manuscripts relating to lead and nontoxic shot, lead toxicity, lead
accumulation in soils and animal tissues, and the impacts of lead shot (and ammunition) on
wildlife, humans, and the environment, and 2) summaries of selected manuscripts. This
literature review was originally compiled with the help of student interns and appeared as an
appendix in the Nontoxic Shot Advisory Committee Report compiled by the Section of Wildlife,
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, December 12, 2006 (Nontoxic Shot Advisory
Committee 2006). Many of the summaries were written for this report by Roxanne Franke and
later appended by Dan Smedberg, student interns from Minnesota State University-Mankato.
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NONTOXIC AND LEAD SHOT-RELATED MANUSCRIPTS
Adler, F.E.W. 1944. Chemical analyses of organs from lead-poisoned Canada geese. Journal of Wildlife Management 8(1):83-85.
African-Eurasian Water Bird Agreement (AEMA). 2002. Special Edition: Lead poisoning in waterbirds through the ingestion of
spent lead shot. AEMA Newsletter, Special Issue #1. 28 pp.
Akoshegyi, I. 1997. Lead poisoning of pheasants caused by lead shots. Magyar Allatorvasok Lapja 119(6):328-336.
Ancora, S., N. Bianchi, C. Leonzio, and A. Renzoni. 2008. Heavy metals in flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) from Italian wetlands:
The problem of ingestion of lead shot. Environmental Research. In press.
Anderson, W.L. 1975. Lead poisoning in waterfowl at Rice Lake, Illinois. Journal of Wildlife Management 39:264-270.
Anderson, W.L., and S. P. Havera. 1985. Blood lead, protoporphyrin, and ingested shot for detecting lead poisoning in waterfowl.
Wildlife Society Bulletin 13(1):26- 31. (Summary)
Anderson, W.L. and S.P. Havera. 1989. Lead poisoning in Illinois waterfowl (1977-1988) and implementation of nontoxic shot
regulations. Illinois Natural History Survey Biological Notes 133.
Anderson, W.L., S.P. Haverea, and B. W. Zercher. 2000. Ingestion of lead and nontoxic shotgun pellets by ducks in the Mississippi
flyway. Journal of Wildlife Management 64:848-857.
Ankney, C.D. 1975. Incidence and size of lead shot in lesser snow geese. Wildlife Society Bulletin 3(1):25-26.
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Ankney, D. 1989. The great lead shot boondoggle. Angler and Hunter, May. 3 pp.
ANZECC (Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council). 1994. Report to the Australian and New Zealand
Environment and Conservation Council on alternative shot to lead in hunting. Prepared by NSW National Parks and Wildlife
Service, April. 32 pp.
Artmann, J.W. and E.M. Martin. 1975. Incidence of ingested lead shot in sora rails. Journal of Wildlife Management 39(3):514-519.
Averbeck, C. 1990. X-ray investigations of lead shot pellets in the tissues of various species of birds found dead in Northern
Germany. Zeitschrift fuer Jagdwissenschaft (Germany, F.R.): 30-42.
Bagley, G.E. and L.N. Locke. 1967. The occurrence of lead in tissues of wild birds. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and
Toxicology 2:297-305.
Bagley, G.E., L.N. Locke, and G.T. Nightingale. 1967. Lead poisoning in Canada geese in Delaware. Avian Diseases 11:601-608.
Baker, J.L. and R.L. Thompson. 1979. Shot ingestion by waterfowl on National Wildlife Refuges in Florida. Proceedings of the
Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association Fish and Wildlife Agencies 32:256-262.
Barrett, M.W., and L.H. Karstad. 1971. A fluorescent erythrocyte test for lead poisoning in waterfowl. Journal of Wildlife
Management 35:109-119.
Bates, F.Y., D.M. Barnes, and J.M. Higbee. 1968. Lead toxicosis in mallard ducks. Bulletin of the Wildlife Disease Association
4:116-125.