Originally Posted by Drew Hause
In the dark ages of the 60s, finding lead pellets in the gizzards of dead waterfowl was felt to be evidence of lead poisoning
https://archive.org/details/ontariofishwildlv5n2onta/page/8/mode/2up

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Criteria from the 80s

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Abstract from 2017
https://www.jstor.org/stable/90010761

Avian cholera and lead poisoning may co-exist, and it is very likely that lead poisoning may increase lethality from avian cholera and avian botulism
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6887448/


Not to mention fatal blood lead levels. Pretty simple to diagnose. It was news to me (and the rest of the planet) that dramatically elevated blood lead levels was a symptom of Avian Cholera. That's part of the comedy here, I guess.

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