| Abstract: | Adult mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) were fed South Louisiana crude oil as 0.25 and 2.5% of the total diet for 26 weeks to assess the chronic effects of oil ingestion. Additional birds were fed diets containing either 1.0% of a paraffin mixture or clean feed. No birds died during the study, nor were their body weights significantly depressed. Oviduct weight at necropsy was greatly reduced in hens on the 2.5% oil diet and also was significantly reduced in hens on the 0.25% oil diet when compared with controls. Male reproductive organs were not atrophied by treatment. Hens on oil-treated diets laid fewer eggs than those on the control diet; however, eggs from treated hens hatched as well as those from controls when artificially incubated. Pathological or biochemical alterations were no greater in the treated birds than in controls. |
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| ProdID: | 5221715 |
| Citation Author: | Coon, N.C.; Dieter, M.P. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation End Page: | 314 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Environmental Research |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 6 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 309-314 |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Response of adult mallard ducks to ingested South Louisiana crude oil; 1981; Article; Journal; Environmental Research; Coon, N.C.; Dieter, M.P. |
| Citation Start Page: | 309 |
| Citation Volume: | 24 |
| Citation Year: | 1981 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Response of adult mallard ducks to ingested South Louisiana crude oil; 1981; Article; Journal; Environmental Research; Coon, N.C.; Dieter, M.P. |
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| Date Other: | Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:18 -0500 |
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