Tolerance of adult mallards to subacute ingestion of crude petroleum oil
Toxicology Letters
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Abstract
Adult male mallards were fed untreated mash or mash containing 1.5% Prudhoe Bay crude oil for 7 days ad lib. During the initial 24 h of exposure to crude petroleum oil, ducks consumed less mash (P less than 0.05) and lost approx. 3.5% of their initial body weight (P less than 0.05), however, neither intake nor body weight differ between groups on days 2-7. Plasma samples collected between 09.00 and 10.00 h on days 0, 1, 3, or 7 indicated that corticosterone, glucose, thyroxine, total protein, and uric acid concentrations, and the activities of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and butyrylcholinesterase (BCHE) were not affected by treatment. These findings suggest that adult mallards may be able to tolerate large quantities of crude petroleum oil mixed in their diet (approx. 25 ml over a 7-day period) without overt or biochemical indications of distress.
Suggested Citation
Rattner, B., 1981, Tolerance of adult mallards to subacute ingestion of crude petroleum oil: Toxicology Letters, v. 8, no. 6, p. 337-342, https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4274(81)90123-5.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Tolerance of adult mallards to subacute ingestion of crude petroleum oil |
| Series title | Toxicology Letters |
| DOI | 10.1016/0378-4274(81)90123-5 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Year Published | 1981 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 337-342 |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Toxicology Letters |
| First page | 337 |
| Last page | 342 |