Integrating active and passive monitoring to assess sublethal effects and mortality from lead poisoning in birds of prey
The ingestion of lead (Pb) ammunition is the most important exposure pathway to this metal in birds and involve negative consequences to their health. We have performed a passive monitoring of Pb poisoning in birds of prey by measuring liver (n = 727) and blood (n = 32) Pb levels in individuals of 1...
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The ingestion of lead (Pb) ammunition is the most important exposure pathway to this metal in birds and involve negative consequences to their health. We have performed a passive monitoring of Pb poisoning in birds of prey by measuring liver (n = 727) and blood (n = 32) Pb levels in individuals of 16 species found dead or sick in Spain between 2004 and 2020. We also performed an active monitoring by measuring blood Pb levels and biomarkers of haem biosynthesis, phosphorus (P) and calcium (Ca) metabolism, oxidative stress and immune function in individuals (n = 194) of 9 species trapped alive in the field between 2016 and 2017. Passive monitoring results revealed some species with liver Pb levels associated with severe clinical poisoning (>30 μg/g d.w. of Pb): Eurasian griffon vulture (27/257, 10.5%), red kite (1/132, 0.8%), golden eagle (4/38, 10.5%), and Northern goshawk (1/8, 12.5%). The active monitoring results showed that individuals of bearded vulture (1/3, 33.3%), Eurasian griffon vulture (87/118, 73.7%), Spanish imperial eagle (1/6, 16.7%) and red kite (1/18, 5.6%) had abnormal blood Pb levels (>20 μg/dL). Blood Pb levels increased with age, and both monitoring methods showed seasonality in Pb exposure associated with a delayed effect of the hunting season. In Eurasian griffon, blood Pb concentration was associated with lower δ-ALAD activity in blood and P levels in plasma, and with higher blood lipid peroxidation and plasma carotenoid levels in agreement with other experimental and field studies in Pb-exposed birds. The study reveals that Pb poisoning is a significant cause of death and sublethal effects on haem biosynthesis, P metabolism and oxidative stress in birds of prey in Spain. This study has been funded by several contracts for the detection of poisoning events in wildlife with regional governments and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment of Spain and with the project CGL2013-40975-R of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. PRC benefited from a contract with ... |
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Descalzo, Esther Camarero, Pablo R. Sánchez-Barbudo, Inés S. Martínez-Haro, Mónica Ortiz-Santaliestra, Manuel E. Moreno-Opo, Rubén Mateo, Rafael Integrating active and passive monitoring to assess sublethal effects and mortality from lead poisoning in birds of prey |
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Integrating active and passive monitoring to assess sublethal effects and mortality from lead poisoning in birds of prey |
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Integrating active and passive monitoring to assess sublethal effects and mortality from lead poisoning in birds of prey |
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/250898 2024-02-11T10:07:07+01:00 Integrating active and passive monitoring to assess sublethal effects and mortality from lead poisoning in birds of prey Descalzo, Esther Camarero, Pablo R. Sánchez-Barbudo, Inés S. Martínez-Haro, Mónica Ortiz-Santaliestra, Manuel E. Moreno-Opo, Rubén Mateo, Rafael Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente (España) Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España) Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España) Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha European Commission 2021 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/250898 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142260 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003339 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011698 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004336 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 en eng Elsevier #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/CGL2013-40975-R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PTA2017-14583-I info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/IJCI-2014-20171 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142260 Sí Science of The Total Environment 750: 142260 (2021) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/250898 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142260 1879-1026 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003339 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011698 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004336 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 none artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2021 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.14226010.13039/50110000483710.13039/50110001103310.13039/50110000333910.13039/50110000078010.13039/50110001169810.13039/50110000433610.13039/501100003329 2024-01-16T11:13:46Z The ingestion of lead (Pb) ammunition is the most important exposure pathway to this metal in birds and involve negative consequences to their health. We have performed a passive monitoring of Pb poisoning in birds of prey by measuring liver (n = 727) and blood (n = 32) Pb levels in individuals of 16 species found dead or sick in Spain between 2004 and 2020. We also performed an active monitoring by measuring blood Pb levels and biomarkers of haem biosynthesis, phosphorus (P) and calcium (Ca) metabolism, oxidative stress and immune function in individuals (n = 194) of 9 species trapped alive in the field between 2016 and 2017. Passive monitoring results revealed some species with liver Pb levels associated with severe clinical poisoning (>30 μg/g d.w. of Pb): Eurasian griffon vulture (27/257, 10.5%), red kite (1/132, 0.8%), golden eagle (4/38, 10.5%), and Northern goshawk (1/8, 12.5%). The active monitoring results showed that individuals of bearded vulture (1/3, 33.3%), Eurasian griffon vulture (87/118, 73.7%), Spanish imperial eagle (1/6, 16.7%) and red kite (1/18, 5.6%) had abnormal blood Pb levels (>20 μg/dL). Blood Pb levels increased with age, and both monitoring methods showed seasonality in Pb exposure associated with a delayed effect of the hunting season. In Eurasian griffon, blood Pb concentration was associated with lower δ-ALAD activity in blood and P levels in plasma, and with higher blood lipid peroxidation and plasma carotenoid levels in agreement with other experimental and field studies in Pb-exposed birds. The study reveals that Pb poisoning is a significant cause of death and sublethal effects on haem biosynthesis, P metabolism and oxidative stress in birds of prey in Spain. This study has been funded by several contracts for the detection of poisoning events in wildlife with regional governments and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment of Spain and with the project CGL2013-40975-R of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. PRC benefited from a contract with ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Goshawk golden eagle Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Science of The Total Environment 750 142260 |