| protein electrophoresis as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in raptor medicine. | plasma proteins of 139 healthy adult birds of prey from 10 species were separated by electrophoresis to characterize and document normal reference ranges and species-specific electrophoretic patternsand to evaluate the value of this technique for health screening, disease diagnosis, and prognostic indication. species studied included bald eagle (haliaeetus leucocephalus), red-tailed hawk (buteo jamaicensis), barn owl (tyto alba), great horned owl (bubo virginianus), turkey vulture (cathartes aur ... | 2000 | 11428396 |
| second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning in a captive andean condor (vultur gryphus). | a 28-year-old female andean condor (vultur gryphus) housed in an outside exhibit at the national aviary in pittsburgh, pa, began showing signs of weakness. toxicosis with an anticoagulant rodenticide was suspected because its mate had died 1 day earlier from possible brodifacoum poisoning. a rapid decline in the packed cell volume, despite vitamin k1 treatment, necessitated a blood transfusion with blood from bald eagles (haliaeetus leucocephalus) and steller's sea eagles (haliaeetus pelagicus). ... | 2017 | 28891692 |
| p450 in wild animals as a biomarker of environmental impact. | the impact of environmental pollution on selected animals was tested by monitoring the hepatic content of cytochromes p450 and their enzyme activities or by calculating teq values from the concentration of pollutants in the body. fish-eating stellars sea eagles, haliaeetus pelagicus, found dead in the northern part of hokkaido island accumulated high levels of pcbs and ddt and metabolites. the teq values calculated from the pcb concentration in the eagles were high enough to cause a significant ... | 2001 | 23886053 |
| lead exposure in raptors from japan and source identification using pb stable isotope ratios. | lead (pb) poisoning is widespread among raptors and water birds. in japan, fragments of pb ammunition are still found in endangered eagles although more than 10 years have passed since legislation regarding use of pb ammunition was introduced. this study was performed to investigate pb exposure in raptors from various locations in japan. we measured hepatic and renal pb concentrations and hepatic pb isotope ratios of steller's sea eagles (haliaeetus pelagicus), white-tailed sea eagles (haliaeetu ... | 2017 | 28800537 |
| poxvirus infection in a steller's sea eagle (haliaeetus pelagicus). | a severely emaciated adult steller's sea eagle (haliaeetus pelagicus) was found dead with electrocution-induced severe wing laceration, and with multiple cutaneous pock nodules at the periocular regions of both sides nearby the medial canthi and rhamphotheca. histopathological examination of the nodules revealed hyperplasia of the epidermis with vacuolar degeneration and intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies (bollinger bodies). the proventriculus was severely affected by nematodes and was ulcerated. ... | 2019 | 30606906 |
| current situation regarding lead exposure in birds in japan (2015-2018); lead exposure is still occurring. | birds of a number of species have died as a result of lead (pb) poisoning, including many steller's sea eagles (haliaeetus pelagicus) and white-tailed sea eagles (haliaeetus albicilla) in hokkaido, the northernmost island of japan. to address this issue, the use of any type of pb ammunition for hunting of large animals was prohibited in hokkaido in 2004. however, pb poisoning is still being reported in this area, and there are few regulations regarding the use of pb ammunition in other parts of ... | 2020 | 32554936 |