Blood lead levels of wild raccoons (Procyon lotor) from the eastern United States.
We analyzed 161 raccoon (Procyon lotor) blood samples obtained from New Jersey (n = 109), rural Pennsylvania (n = 29) and laboratory confined animals (n = 23) in the USA for lead content; we found significantly higher levels in the New Jersey raccoons (mean = 4.4 micrograms/dl, SE = 2.9). There was no difference between the lead levels of raccoons from the other two groups (mean = 2.6, SE = 0.5 and mean = 2.5, SE = 0, respectively).
Hamir
A N
AN
Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Galligan
D T
DT
Ebel
J G
JG
Manzell
K L
KL
Rupprecht
C E
CE
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009515:New Jersey; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011821:Raccoons / Q000097:blood*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic / Q000662:veterinary
D007854:Lead