Lead poisoning in Australian fruit bats (Pteropus poliocephalus)
Zook, B.C.; Sauer, R.M.; Garner, F.M.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 157(5): 691-694
1970
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 5465575 Document Number: 25482
Lead poisoning was diagnosed in 3 Australian fruit bats at a zoo. Diagnoses were indicated by the finding of large acid-fast intranuclear inclusion bodies in renal and hepatic cells, and toxic amounts of lead in tissues.
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