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hematozoa of the anatidae of the atlantic flyway. ii. tthe maritime provinces of canada.the prevalence of hematozoa (diagnosed from blood films) in a sample of 4200 anatids representing 14 species collected in new brunswick, nova scotia and prince edward island during the period 1969-1973 is given. thirty percent of the birds harboured hematozoa; the commonest blood parasite was haemoproteus (parahaemoproteus) nettionis (in 18% of the sample), followed by leucocytozoom simondi (in 14% of the sample). four species of plasmodium occurred in 5% of the sample-plasmodium circumflexum wa ...1975806712
blood lead concentrations of waterfowl from unhunted and heavily hunted marshes of nova scotia and prince edward island, canada.blood lead concentrations of juvenile american black ducks (anas rubripes) sampled in unhunted sanctuaries of nova scotia (ns) and prince edward island (pei), canada, usually were < 30 parts per billion (ppb). based on gizzard content analyses of juvenile american black ducks from hunted areas, eight (24%) of 33 flightless birds contained ingested lead shot. blood lead concentrations were > or = 100 ppb in seven of eight juveniles with ingested shot; thus we adopted blood lead concentrations 100 ...19938258857
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