Conditioned aversion of aluminum sulfate in black ducks
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
By: D. W. Sparling
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Abstract
Three experiments were conducted to determine if reduced consumption of foods with elevated Al levels by black ducks (Anas rubripes) was due to taste aversion, conditioned taste aversion or malaise. Black ducks preferred a diet with 1,000 ppm Al over a control diet but ate less of a diet with 5,000 ppm Al. Prior experience with the high Al diet enhanced preference for the control diet. Changes in body weight and food consumption through time suggested that aversion to the high Al diet was a conditioned response to mild malaise.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Conditioned aversion of aluminum sulfate in black ducks |
| Series title | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| DOI | 10.1002/etc.5620090410 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication Date | April 01, 1990 |
| Year Published | 1990 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 479 |
| Last page | 483 |