Experimentally Induced Selenosis of Adult Mallard Ducks: Clinical Signs, Lesions, and Toxicology

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 330-340

  O'Toole, D ^a   Raisbeck, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Beak; Dermatopathy; Feather; Hepatopathy; Keratin; Nail; Onychoclasis; Onycholysis; Selenium; Selenosis; Toxicology; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENOMETHIONINE;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; DUCK; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHER; FOOT; INTOXICATION; LIVER; MALE; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BODY WEIGHT; DUCKS; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEATHERS; FOOT; LIVER; MALE; POISONING; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SELENOMETHIONINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031183704     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030098589703400409     Document Type: Article

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