Experimental Lead Pellet Ingestion In Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura)

From: The American Midland Naturalist | Date: July 1, 2007| Author: Bermudez, Alex J; Gao, Xiaoming; Millspaugh, Joshua J; Schulz, John H | Copyright information

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Because the relationship between lead pellet availability and ingestion by mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) remains uncertain, we conducted an experiment to determine if doves held in captivity freely ingest lead shotgun pellets, investigate the relationship between pellet density and ingestion and monitor physiological impacts of doves ingesting pellets. We conducted two trials of the experiment with <60 doves per trial. We randomly assigned 10 doves to one of six grou...

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