Acute toxicity of diazinon is similar for eight stocks of bobwhite
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Abstract
Nine-week-old bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) from eight different game farms were tested for their sensitivity to an acute oral exposure of technical-grade diazinon (phosphorothioic acid O,O-diethyl-O-[6-methyl-2-(l-methylethyl) -4-pyrimidinyl]ester). Extraneous variables associated with interlaboratory differences in husbandry were eliminated by incubating eggs and rearing chicks to test age for all stocks simultaneously in the same facilities at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Under this single set of conditions, the responses of the eight stocks of bobwhite to diazinon were statistically inseparable, with LD50 values varying from 13 mg/kg (95% confidence interval, 8–21 mg/kg) to 17 mg/kg (95% confidence interval, 11–25 mg/kg). The pooled LD50 for the eight stocks was 14.7 mg/kg (95% confidence interval, 13.1–16.5 mg/kg).
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Acute toxicity of diazinon is similar for eight stocks of bobwhite |
| Series title | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| DOI | 10.1002/etc.5620030108 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 1984 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 6 p. |
| First page | 61 |
| Last page | 66 |
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