More massive but potentially less healthy: black vultures feeding in rubbish dumps differed in clinical and biochemical parameters with wild feeding birds

Background Organic waste is one of the most important anthropogenic food subsidies used by different species. However, there is little information about the health impact that rubbish dumps produce on species foraging in these sites. Methods We studied the effect that rubbish dumps produce on the he...

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Main Authors: Pablo Ignacio Plaza, Sergio Agustin Lambertucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-04-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4645.pdf