Blood Lead Levels of Wild Raccoons (Procyon lotor) from the Eastern United States

A. N. Hamir; D. T. Galligan; J. G. Ebel Jr.; K. L. Manzell; C. E. Rupprecht

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-30.1.115

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1 January 1994 Blood Lead Levels of Wild Raccoons (Procyon lotor) from the Eastern United States

A. N. Hamir, D. T. Galligan, J. G. Ebel Jr., K. L. Manzell, C. E. Rupprecht

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 30(1):115-118 (1994). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-30.1.115

Abstract

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 μg/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, Galligan, Ebel, Manzell, and Rupprecht: Blood Lead Levels of Wild Raccoons (Procyon lotor) from the Eastern United States

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A. N. Hamir, D. T. Galligan, J. G. Ebel Jr., K. L. Manzell, and C. E. Rupprecht "Blood Lead Levels of Wild Raccoons (Procyon lotor) from the Eastern United States," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 30(1), 115-118, (1 January 1994). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-30.1.115

Received: 6 November 1992; Published: 1 January 1994

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