Iodine deficiency affects hatchability of endangered captive kaki (Black Stilt, Himantopus novaezelandiae)

Abstract 10.1002/zoo.10123.abs A significant increase in hatching and late-incubation deaths during two breeding seasons in a captive population of endangered black stilts (kaki, Himantopus novaezelandiae) prompted an investigation into the potential role of iodine deficiency. During the 1997 and 1998 breeding seasons, the survival rate of captive-laid eggs during artificial incubation and hatching was lower […]