The effects of grit supplementation and feed type on steel-shot ingestion in mallards

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 221-229

  Mateo, R ^a   Guitart, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Grit; Lead poisoning; Shot pellet; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; DIET; DUCK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIREARM; LEAD POISONING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL;

ANIMALS; DIET; DUCKS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIREARMS; GIZZARD; LEAD POISONING; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0034724657     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(00)00101-X     Document Type: Article

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