• DOI:10.1007/S00244-003-3065-Y
Corpus ID: 16852092

Avian Mortality Events in the United States Caused by Anticholinesterase Pesticides: A Retrospective Summary of National Wildlife Health Center Records from 1980 to 2000

@article{Fleischli2004AvianM,
  title={
Avian Mortality Events in the United States Caused by Anticholinesterase Pesticides: A Retrospective Summary of National Wildlife Health Center Records from 1980 to 2000},
  author={M. Fleischli and J. C. Franson and N. J. Thomas and D. L. Finley and W. Riley},
  journal={Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology},
  year={2004},
  volume={46},
  pages={542-550}
}

M. Fleischli, J. C. Franson, +2 authors W. Riley

Published 2004

Biology, Medicine

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

We reviewed the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) mortality database from 1980 to 2000 to identify cases of poisoning caused by organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides. From the 35,022 cases from which one or more avian carcasses were submitted to the NWHC for necropsy, we identified 335 mortality events attributed to anticholinesterase poisoning, 119 of which have been included in earlier reports. Poisoning events were classified as confirmed (n = 205) when… CONTINUE READING

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