Hemolytic Anemia in Wild Seaducks Caused by Marine Oil Pollution

Osamu Yamato; Ikuo Goto; Yoshimitsu Maede

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.381

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1 April 1996 Hemolytic Anemia in Wild Seaducks Caused by Marine Oil Pollution

Osamu Yamato, Ikuo Goto, Yoshimitsu Maede

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 32(2):381-384 (1996). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.381

Abstract

Clinico-pathological examinations were conducted on wild white-winged scoters (Melanitta fusca) contaminated with fuel oil (Bunker C oil) from a capsized cargo ship in February 1993 in Japan. The erythrocyte count, hemoglobin concentration and hematocrit value in the oiled seaducks all were decreased and numerous immature erythrocytes were observed in blood smears. In addition, hemosiderosis was observed in the liver, kidney, and lung of some birds. We propose that the seaducks suffered from hemolytic anemia induced by ingestion of oil, which occurs when the birds preen their oiled plumage.

Yamato, Goto, and Maede: Hemolytic Anemia in Wild Seaducks Caused by Marine Oil Pollution

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Osamu Yamato, Ikuo Goto, and Yoshimitsu Maede "Hemolytic Anemia in Wild Seaducks Caused by Marine Oil Pollution," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 32(2), 381-384, (1 April 1996). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.381

Received: 10 April 1995; Published: 1 April 1996

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