Abstract
This report describes an acute poisoning event observed in captive herring gull (Larus argentatus) chicks fed a batch of store-bought scallops. They developed a characteristic acute syndrome, that has not hitherto been reported in birds and the cause of which remains to be identified. We suggest that it is a variant of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) insofar as it was paralytic and caused by shellfish. However, analyses by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to identify known toxins (saxitoxins, brevetoxins, domoic acid) in the scallops were negative.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 411-415 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Toxicon |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 26 1998 |
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Apparent paralytic shellfish poisoning in captive herring gulls fed commercial scallops. / Gochfeld, Michael; Burger, Joanna.
In: Toxicon, Vol. 36, No. 2, 26.03.1998, p. 411-415.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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