Avoidance of selenium-treated food by mallards
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
By: G. H. Heinz and C. J. Sanderson
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Abstract
Adult, male mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) were given a choice between a control diet and a diet containing 5, 10 or 20 ppm selenium as selenomethionine dissolved in water and mixed into the diet. At 10 and 20 ppm, selenium-treated diets were avoided. Avoidance appeared to be caused by a conditioned response, probably to illness caused by the selenium and not to an aversion to the taste of the selenium.
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Heinz, G.H., and Sanderson, C.J., 1990, Avoidance of selenium-treated food by mallards: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 9, no. 9, p. 1155-1158, https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5620090906.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Avoidance of selenium-treated food by mallards |
| Series title | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| DOI | 10.1002/etc.5620090906 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Publication Date | September 01, 1990 |
| Year Published | 1990 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 1155 |
| Last page | 1158 |