Further cases of poisoning of wild geese by an organophosphorus winter wheat seed treatment

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G A Hamilton
P I Stanley

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A series of incidents involving Greylag Goose Anser anser casualties in Angus and Perthshire and a single incident involving Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus casualties on Humberside are described. A full field and laboratory investigation revealed that the geese had died of organophosphorus poisoning after consuming winter wheat treated with carbophenothion. The factors that led to the incidents are discussed.

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Hamilton, G. A., & Stanley, P. I. (1975). Further cases of poisoning of wild geese by an organophosphorus winter wheat seed treatment. Wildfowl, 49–54. Retrieved from https://tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/article/view/154308
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