Salt toxicosis in ruddy ducks that winter on an agricultural evaporation basin in California

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 124-131

  Gordus, Andrew G ^a,b   Shivaprasad, H L ^c   Swift, Pamela K ^b  

^a H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain sodium; Evaporation ponds; Hypersaline water; Oxyura jamaicensis; Ruddy duck; Salt encrustation; Salt toxicosis

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; OXYURA; OXYURA JAMAICENSIS; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI;

METAL; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DUCK; LIVER; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CALIFORNIA; DUCKS; LIVER; METALS; SEASONS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036356761     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.1.124     Document Type: Article

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