Effects of dietary selenium on reproduction and body mass of captive lesser scaup

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 471-477

  DeVink, Jean Michel A ^a,e   Clark, Robert G ^a,b   Slattery, Stuart M ^c   Scheuhammer, Tony M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass; Contaminants; Reproduction; Scaup; Selenium

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; SELENIUM;

BODY MASS; REPRODUCTION;

BIRDS;

SELENIUM; SELENOMETHIONINE;

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BLOOD; BODY MASS; BREEDING SITE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTION; SELENIUM; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HALF LIFE TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SCAUP; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DUCKS AND GEESE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTION;

AVES; AYTHYA AFFINIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SELENIUM; SELENOMETHIONINE;

EID: 42449135754     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-209R.1     Document Type: Article

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