Effects of dietary selenium on the health and survival of captive wintering lesser scaup

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 175, Issue , 2013, Pages 8-15

  Brady, Caroline ^a   Petrie, Scott ^b   Schummer, Michael ^b   Badzinski, Shannon ^b   Belzile, Nelson ^c   Chen, Yu Wei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Long Point Waterfowl   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Health; Lesser scaup; Selenium; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BODY COMPOSITION; GREAT LAKES; LESSER SCAUP; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT GROUP;

BIOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH; IMPURITIES; LAKES; SELENIUM;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SELENIUM;

ANTIBODY; BIOACCUMULATION; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DIET; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; SELENIUM; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AYTHYA AFFINIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CANADA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DUCK; FEMALE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POPULATION SIZE; SURVIVAL RATE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; SEASONS; SELENIUM;

ANAS; AYTHYA AFFINIS; AYTHYA MARILA;

EID: 84872326633     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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