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Appendix D - Normal Brain Cholinesterase
Activity Values
Author: Milton Smith
| Species |
Mean1 |
Standard
Deviation |
Sample
Size |
| Avocet, American |
19.4 |
2.9 |
5 |
| Blackbird, Red-winged |
24.5 |
1.2 |
5 |
| Bobwhite, Northern |
16.3 |
2.1 |
7 |
| Brant, Black |
14.4 |
0.8 |
5 |
| Coot, American |
20.5 |
5.0 |
12 |
| Cormorant, Double-crested |
29.3 |
2.4 |
5 |
| Cowbird, Brown-headed |
19.7 |
2.6 |
5 |
| Crane, Mississippi Sandhill |
16.6 |
2.3 |
15 |
| Crane, Sandhill |
17.5 |
1.4 |
8 |
| Crane, Whooping |
15.1 |
1.5 |
9 |
| Dove, Mourning |
22.8 |
3.3 |
11 |
| Duck, American Widgeon |
10.5 |
1.0 |
12 |
| Duck, Blue-winged Teal |
19.5 |
3.6 |
6 |
| Duck, Green-winged Teal |
13.5 |
2.0 |
17 |
| Duck, Kola |
11.0 |
1.2 |
9 |
| Duck, Mallard |
11.0 |
1.6 |
75 |
| Duck, Muscovy |
11.6 |
3.5 |
8 |
| Duck, Northern Shoveler |
14.7 |
1.2 |
5 |
| Duck, Pintail |
11.6 |
1.3 |
24 |
| Duck, Ruddy |
13.4 |
1.4 |
8 |
| Duck, Wood |
10.2 |
1.5 |
9 |
| Eagle, Bald |
16.0 |
2.6 |
156 |
| Eagle, Golden |
16.0 |
2.2 |
57 |
| Egret, Common |
17.4 |
1.9 |
5 |
| Egret, Snowy |
25.0 |
1.3 |
5 |
| Falcon, Peregrine |
18.6 |
3.2 |
27 |
| Goldfinch, American |
17.8 |
1.5 |
10 |
| Goose, Canada |
11.9 |
2.0 |
36 |
| Goose, Canada (Aleutian) |
14.0 |
3.6 |
8 |
| Goose, Ross |
14.2 |
2.3 |
9 |
| Goose, Snow |
13.6 |
2.6 |
42 |
| Goose, White-fronted |
12.1 |
1.2 |
9 |
| Grebe, Eared |
14.7 |
1.4 |
17 |
| Grosbeak, Evening |
20.3 |
3.1 |
5 |
| Gull, Ringbilled |
23.9 |
6.5 |
8 |
| Hawk, Red-tailed |
17.5 |
1.4 |
7 |
| Hawk, Sharp-shinned |
21.5 |
2.0 |
6 |
| Heron, Black-crowned Night |
15.6 |
3.0 |
5 |
| Heron, Great Blue |
13.3 |
2.1 |
8 |
| Loon, Common |
17.3 |
4.4 |
5 |
| Owl, Great-horned |
15.5 |
2.0 |
7 |
| Owl, Screech |
18.7 |
1.4 |
5 |
| Owl, Spotted |
14.6 |
2.0 |
9 |
| Parrot, Puerto Rican |
19.4 |
2.0 |
6 |
| Pelican, American White |
13.0 |
1.3 |
13 |
| Pelican, Brown |
11.2 |
1.2 |
16 |
| Sandpiper, Semipalmated |
14.1 |
1.1 |
5 |
| Siskin, Pine |
16.9 |
2.3 |
16 |
| Stork, Wood |
18.7 |
4.2 |
8 |
| Swan, Trumpeter |
11.3 |
1.3 |
10 |
| Swan, Tundra |
11.6 |
1.7 |
14 |
| Tern, Least California |
44.1 |
9.1 |
5 |
| Woodcock, American |
16.8 |
1.1 |
5 |
| Woodpecker, Red-cockaded |
38.4 |
4.8 |
5 |
1 Cholinesterase
activity is expressed as micromoles acetylthiocholine hydrolyzed per minute per gram
of wet weight brain tissue (Hill, E.F. and Fleming, W.J., 1982, Environmental toxicology
and chemistry 1:27--38). |
