00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.857541 CaOODSP 20241203113643 cr ||||||||||| 180608s1994 onc o f00| 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- CW69-5/215E-PDF Mineau, Pierre, 1955- A critique of the avian 5-day dietary test (LC50) as the basis of avian risk assessment [electronic resource] / P. Mineau, B. Jobin, A. Baril. [Ottawa] : Canadian Wildlife Service, Headquarters, 1994. 23 p. Technical report series ; no. 215 Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-23). "Avian dietary toxicity tests determine the median lethal concentration (LC50) of a chemical defined as the quantity of toxicant in the diet calculated to kill fifty percent of the test population. The U.S. EPA (1985) protocol is considered the 'industry standard'. The test consists of feeding young birds with a contaminated diet for 5 days followed by a 3-day recovery period during which birds are fed a clean diet"--Introd. Issued also in print format. Includes abstract in French. gccst Birds gccst Food gccst Pesticides gccst Toxicology Baril, Alain, 1956- Jobin, Benoît, 1965- Canada. Environment Canada. Canadian Wildlife Service. Headquarters. A critique of the avian 5-day dietary test (LC50) as the basis of avian risk assessment : (CaOODSP)9.611652 Technical report series (Canadian Wildlife Service) no. 215. (CaOODSP)9.504438 PDF 742 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/eccc/cw69-5/CW69-5-215-eng.pdf