Consumption of deoxynivalenol-contaminated wheat by mallard ducks under experimental conditions

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-22

  Boston, Sarah ^a   Wobeser, G ^a   Gillespie, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Wildlife Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Deoxynivalenol; Fusarium sp.; Mallard; Mycotoxin; Taste aversion; Vomitoxin; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; AVES; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SP.; PLATYRHYNCHOS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE; VOMITOXIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECT; DUCK; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; TASTE; WHEAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; CREATINE KINASE; DUCKS; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TASTE; TRICHOTHECENES; TRITICUM;

EID: 0029687518     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.1.17     Document Type: Article

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