Effects of food restriction on food avoidance and risk of acute poisoning of captive feral pigeons from fonofos-treated seeds

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-124

  Pascual, J A ^a,b   Fryday, S L ^a   Hart, A D M ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FONOFOS;

BIRD; FOOD LIMITATION; INSECTICIDE; MORTALITY; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTOXICATION; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032997575     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900496     Document Type: Article

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