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Selenium accumulation and loss in mallard eggs
Article first published online: 21 OCT 2009
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620120419
Copyright © 1993 SETAC
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How to Cite
Heinz, G. H. (1993), Selenium accumulation and loss in mallard eggs. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 12: 775–778. doi: 10.1002/etc.5620120419
Publication History
- Issue published online: 21 OCT 2009
- Article first published online: 21 OCT 2009
- Manuscript Accepted: 7 AUG 1992
- Manuscript Received: 30 MAR 1992
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Keywords:
- Selenium;
- Mallard;
- Eggs;
- Accumulation;
- Loss
Abstract
Five female mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) that had just started egg laying were first fed a diet containing 15 ppm selenium in the form of selenomethionine for 20 d and then an untreated diet for 20 d. Selenium levels in eggs peaked (to about 13-20 ppm) in about two weeks on the treated diet and leveled off at a low level (< 5 ppm) after about 10 d back on the untreated diet. Selenium levels in egg whites responded faster than levels in yolks to the females' consumption of treated and untreated diets.