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Altered avoidance behavior of young black ducks fed cadmium
Author(s) -
Heinz Gary H.,
Haseltine Susan D.,
Sileo Louis
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.5620020406
Subject(s) - cadmium , anas , cadmium exposure , zoology , cadmium chloride , stimulus (psychology) , biology , chemistry , toxicology , psychology , organic chemistry , psychotherapist
Pairs of adult black ducks ( Anas rubripes ) were fed a diet containing 0, 4 or 40 ppm cadmium as cadmium chloride. One‐week‐old ducklings that had been fed the same dietary concentrations of cadmium as had their parents were tested for avoidance of a fright stimulus. Ducklings fed 4 ppm cadmium ran significantly farther from the stimulus than did controls or ducklings fed 40 ppm cadmium. Such an alteration in behavior could have harmful effects on wild birds.