Altered avoidance behavior of young black ducks fed cadmium
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
By: G. H. Heinz, S. D. Haseltine, and L. Sileo
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Abstract
Pairs of adult black ducks (Anas rubripes) were fed a diet containing 0, 4 or 40 ppm cadmium as cadmium chloride. One-week-old ducklings that had been fed the same dietary concentrations of cadmium as had their parents were tested for avoidance of a fright stimulus. Ducklings fed 4 ppm cadmium ran significantly farther from the stimulus than did controls or ducklings fed 40 ppm cadmium. Such an alteration in behavior could have harmful effects on wild birds.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Altered avoidance behavior of young black ducks fed cadmium |
| Series title | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| DOI | 10.1002/etc.5620020406 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication Date | November 01, 1983 |
| Year Published | 1983 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 3 p. |
| First page | 419 |
| Last page | 421 |