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In mammalian species lead acts primarily as a neurotoxin. Lead poisoning is common in avian species but lesions in the nervous system have not been associated with it. This paper describes a peripheral neuropathy with fragmentation and segmental demyelination of fibers in the sciatic nerves of an adult guinea hen (Numida meleagris) which died of lead poisoning.
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Hunter et al. (1978) studied this question.
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