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This is a list of publications written by Patuxent employees since Patuxent opened in 1939.  To search for Patuxent's publications by author or title, please click below to go to the USGS Publication Warehouse.

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Effects of dietary ABATE® on reproductive success, duckling survival, behavior, and clinical pathology in game-farm mallards Effects of dietary ABATE® on reproductive success, duckling survival, behavior, and clinical pathology in game-farm mallards

Forty-four pairs of game-farm mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) were fed ABATE® 4E (temephos) to yield 0, 1, or 10 ppm ABATE® beginning before the initiation of lay, and terminating when ducklings were 21 days of age. The mean interval between eggs laid was greater for hens fed 10 ppm ABATE® than for controls. Clutch size, fertility, hatchability, nest attentiveness of incubating hens, and...
Authors
J. Christian Franson, James W. Spann, Gary Heinz, Christine M. Bunck, Thair Lamont

Review of bird conservation literature Review of bird conservation literature

No abstract available.
Authors
R.C. Banks, H.S. Lapham, L.R. Mewaldt
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