| Titre : | Deadly gastroliths: Eurasian Siskins Carduelis spinus poisoned by road salt grains (2014) |
| Auteurs : | Till Toepfer, Auteur ; Libor Mazanek, Auteur ; Stanislav Bures, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Ardea (102(1) Spring, 2014) |
| Article en page(s) : | 101-104 |
| Résumé : | We describe a case of winter mass mortality of Eurasian Siskins Carduelis spinus caused by large road salt grains that birds apparently had mistaken for potential gizzard stones (gastroliths). Clinical evidence revealed acute salt intoxication as the cause of death. We recommend using only small-sized salt grains ( |



