Lead Toxicity in Mute Swans
LEAD TOXICITY IN MUTE SWANS Cygnus olor (Gmelin). By JOHN O'HALLORAN A thesis submitted to the National University of Ireland in candidature for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy September 1987
LEAD TOXICITY IN MUTE SWANS
Cygnus olor (Gmelin).
By
JOHN O'HALLORAN
A thesis submitted to the National University of Ireland
in candidature for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
September 1987
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O'Halloran et al., (C) <strong>in</strong> press. Birds were X-rayed on a Unimax 500<br />
X-ray mach<strong>in</strong>e on a 'potter buckey' as described elsewhere [O'Halloran<br />
et al., (B) <strong>in</strong> press]. All tissue lead levels are presented <strong>in</strong> ug/g<br />
wet matter.<br />
Tissue lead levels <strong>in</strong> excess of 12.50 ug/g (liver) and<br />
31.50 (kidney) were considered diagnostic of lead poison<strong>in</strong>g (Clarke and<br />
Clarke, 1975). Blood lead levels <strong>in</strong> excess of 3.00 ug Pb/ gHb (2.20<br />
un/L) were considered elevated (O'Halloran et al., (C) <strong>in</strong> press).<br />
Haematological values were compared with reference haemoglob<strong>in</strong> (Rb),<br />
mean cell haemoglob<strong>in</strong> concentration (MCHC) and haematocrit reference<br />
values for healthy <strong>Mute</strong> swans (O'Halloran et al., (A) <strong>in</strong> press).<br />
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