Treatment procedures and technolgies for pesticide-poisoning cranes

Treatment procedures and technolgies for pesticide-poisoning cranes

LIN Bao-qing^1,2, TIAN Xiu-Hua², LIU Wei¹, LI Lian shan¹

(1.College of Wildlife Resource,Northest Forsetry University, Harbin 15004,China; 2.Xianghai National Nature Reserve Administration of Jilin, Baicheng 137215, China)

Abstract: Pesticide poisoning is one of the important factors to thresten the population safe of wild cranes.A variety of commonly used pesticides that may cause poisoning to wild crane and their toxicology were analyzed.The procedures and technologies for treatment of pesticide-poisoned cranes were summarized in accordance with the typical cases of 47 treated poisoning-cranes,including red-crowned crane,white crane,white-headed crane,common crane,and white-naped crane,in Xianghai National Nature Rreserve and its adjacent area during the yaers of 1998-2007.Additionally,some proposals were also put porward for prevention of pesticide poisoning to the cranes.