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European mammal exposure to lead from ammunition and fishing weight sources by Chiverton, Louise, Cromie, Ruth, Kock, Richard

“…Ammunition and fishing weight usage is the greatest largely unregulated contributor of lead (Pb) deposition to the European environment. While the range of…”
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Spatial and temporal variation in the prevalence of illegal lead shot in reared and wild mallards harvested in England by Strong, Emily A., Crowley, Sarah L., Newth, Julia L., O'Brien, Michelle F., Colom, Rosa Lopez, Davis, Sean A., Cromie, Ruth L., Bearhop, Stuart, McDonald, Robbie A.

“…The use of lead shotgun ammunition for shooting wildfowl has been restricted in England since 1999, but surveys finding lead shot in harvested birds show…”
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Potential hazard to human health from exposure to fragments of lead bullets and shot in the tissues of game animals by Pain, Deborah J, Cromie, Ruth L, Newth, Julia, Brown, Martin J, Crutcher, Eric, Hardman, Pippa, Hurst, Louise, Mateo, Rafael, Meharg, Andrew A, Moran, Annette C, Raab, Andrea, Taggart, Mark A, Green, Rhys E

“…Lead is highly toxic to animals. Humans eating game killed using lead ammunition generally avoid swallowing shot or bullets and dietary lead exposure from this…”
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The Evolution of Innate Immune Genes: Purifying and Balancing Selection on β-Defensins in Waterfowl by Chapman, Joanne R, Hellgren, Olof, Helin, Anu S, Kraus, Robert H S, Cromie, Ruth L, Waldenström, Jonas

“…In disease dynamics, high immune gene diversity can confer a selective advantage to hosts in the face of a rapidly evolving and diverse pathogen fauna. This is…”
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The Application of Wearable Technology to Quantify Health and Wellbeing Co-benefits From Urban Wetlands by Reeves, Jonathan P, Knight, Andrew T, Strong, Emily A, Heng, Victor, Neale, Chris, Cromie, Ruth, Vercammen, Ans

“…Improved nature provision in urban environments offers great potential for achieving both biodiversity conservation and public health objectives. Yet there are…”
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Predicting intention to hunt protected wildlife: a case study of Bewick's swan in the European Russian Arctic by Newth, Julia L., McDonald, Robbie A., Wood, Kevin A., Rees, Eileen C., Semenov, Igor, Chistyakov, Anton, Mikhaylova, Galina, Bearhop, Stuart, Cromie, Ruth L., Belousova, Anna, Glazov, Petr, Nuno, Ana

“…Illegal killing of wildlife is a major conservation issue that, to be addressed effectively, requires insight into the drivers of human behaviour. Here we…”
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Wildlife health outcomes and opportunities in conservation translocations by Beckmann, Katie M., Cromie, Ruth L., Sainsbury, Anthony W., Hilton, Geoff M., Ewen, John G., Soorae, Pritpal S., Kock, Richard A.

“…It is intuitive that the health status of wildlife might influence conservation translocation outcomes, however, health as a topic has received limited…”
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Sarcocystis rileyi in UK free-living wildfowl (Anatidae): surveillance, histopathology and first molecular characterisation by Muir, Allan, Ellis, Matthew, Blake, Damer P, Chantrey, Julian, Strong, Emily A, Reeves, Jonathon P, Cromie, Ruth L

“…BackgroundReports from UK hunters of ‘rice grains’ in muscles of shot wildfowl (Anatidae) coincided temporally with the finding of sarcocystosis in a number of…”
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Perspectives of ammunition users on the use of lead ammunition and its potential impacts on wildlife and humans by Newth, Julia L., Lawrence, Alice, Cromie, Ruth L., Swift, John A., Rees, Eileen C., Wood, Kevin A., Strong, Emily A, Reeves, Jonathan, McDonald, Robbie A., Redpath, Steve

“…Recent national and international policy initiatives have aimed to reduce the exposure of humans and wildlife to lead from ammunition. Despite restrictions, in…”
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Earlier spring staging in Iceland amongst Greenland White-fronted Geese Anser albifrons flavirostris achieved without cost to refuelling rates by Fox, Anthony D., Boyd, Hugh, Walsh, Alyn J., Stroud, David A., Nyeland, Jens, Cromie, Ruth L.

“…Greenland White-fronted Geese wintering in Ireland and Britain stage for 3 weeks in Iceland in spring before migrating onwards to breeding areas in west…”
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Protect wildlife from livestock diseases by Kuiken, Thijs, Cromie, Ruth

“…This summer, seabirds in Europe, North America, and Africa suffered unprecedented high mortality as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) swept through…”
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PCR analysis of the presence and location of Mycobacterium avium in a constructed reed bed, with implications for avian tuberculosis control by Drewe, Julian A., Mwangi, David, Donoghue, Helen D., Cromie, Ruth L.

“…Abstract The potential of reed beds to act as biofilters of pathogenic and environmental mycobacteria was investigated through examination of the fate of…”
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Time to get shot of lead ammunition by Cromie, Ruth, Strong, Emily, Newth, Julia

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Transitioning to non-toxic ammunition: Making change happen by Cromie, Ruth, Newth, Julia, Strong, Emily

“…If the multiple negative health impacts associated with lead ammunition are to be mitigated, a transition to the non-toxic alternatives is needed. This paper…”
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Wetlands for Wellbeing: Piloting a Nature-Based Health Intervention for the Management of Anxiety and Depression by Maund, Phoebe R, Irvine, Katherine N, Reeves, Jonathan, Strong, Emily, Cromie, Ruth, Dallimer, Martin, Davies, Zoe G

“…Nature-based health interventions (NBIs) for the treatment of poor mental health are becoming increasingly common, yet evidence to support their effectiveness…”
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Wildlife, human and environmental costs of using lead ammunition: An economic review and analysis by Pain, Deborah J., Cromie, Ruth, Dickie, Ian, Green, Rhys E., Kanstrup, Niels

“…A proposed European Union (EU)-wide restriction on the use of lead gunshot for shooting in and over wetlands estimated that the societal benefits of a…”
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Current status of avian influenza in Europe and the UK by Hansen, Rowena, Brown, Ian, Brookes, Sharon, Welchman, David, Cromie, Ruth

“…Epidemiological analysis concluded that, apart from one cluster of related premises, each case was a primary incursion event, most likely attributed to spread…”
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Regulation of lead fishing weights results in mute swan population recovery by Wood, Kevin A., Brown, Martin J., Cromie, Ruth L., Hilton, Geoff M., Mackenzie, Conor, Newth, Julia L., Pain, Deborah J., Perrins, Christopher M., Rees, Eileen C.

“…Legal regulation of human activities is a key mechanism for alleviating anthropogenic impacts on wildlife populations. Conservationists frequently request the…”
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Providing water for animals at slaughter by Duff, Paul, Neale, Susan, Cromie, Ruth, Kerr, Malcolm, Irvine, Richard

“…Unable to stand, floppy wings, abnormal head carriage, some birds sitting with the beaks propping up their heads 2014 Suffolk 40 deaths: mallard (Anas…”
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Suspected avian botulism outbreaks in wild waterbirds by Duff, Paul, Neale, Susan, Cromie, Ruth, Kerr, Malcolm, Irvine, Richard

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