Long-term lead intoxication of Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus Hablizl, 1783) supposedly the result of illegal shooting
Author:
Stamenov Anton1, Lazarova Ivanka2, Arkumarev Volen1, Dimitrova Stefka3, Terziev Nikolay1, Delchev Atanas1, Dobrev Dobromir1
Affiliation:
1. Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds /BirdLife Bulgaria , Yavorov 71, 1111 Sofia , Bulgaria 2. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , Trakia University , Stara Zagora 6000 , Bulgaria 3. Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Center – Green Balkans – Stara Zagora NGO, 6006 P. Box: 27 Stara Zagora , Bulgaria
Abstract
Abstract
The European Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus is a large-sized scavenger exploiting carcasses of livestock and wild ungulates and thus having a paramount importance in the natural ecosystems. In this study, we report on an adult Griffon Vulture detected with lead levels in the bones over the threshold. After two years of tracking, the bird died. The corpse’s clinical examination and radiography detected the presence of two embedded lead pellets from a healed gunshot wound in its right wing. Quantitative laboratory analysis of lead in bone and liver samples evidencing subclinical/chronic lead intoxication of the Griffon Vulture could potentially be a result of the long-term exposure to the lead originating from the pellets in its wing.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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