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Behavior of mallard ducklings from adults exposed to selenium
Article first published online: 20 OCT 2009
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620061106
Copyright © 1987 SETAC
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Heinz, G. H. and Gold, L. G. (1987), Behavior of mallard ducklings from adults exposed to selenium. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 6: 863–865. doi: 10.1002/etc.5620061106
Publication History
- Issue published online: 20 OCT 2009
- Article first published online: 20 OCT 2009
- Manuscript Accepted: 27 APR 1987
- Manuscript Received: 16 JAN 1987
Funded by
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation/U.S. Fish. Grant Number: 6–AA-20–04170
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Keywords:
- Selenium;
- Selenomethionine;
- Behavior;
- Mallard
Abstract
Pairs of adult mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) were fed a control diet or a diet containing 1, 2, 4 or 8 ppm selenium in the form of seleno-DL-methionine. Ducklings from these pairs were fed an untreated diet from hatching through 6 d of age, at which time their avoidance of a fright stimulus was tested. Selenium had no effect on the ducklings' response to the fright stimulus.