Chlordane in birds: A study of lethal residues and loss rates
By: L. F. Stickel, W. H. Stickel, R.D. McArthur, and D.L. Hughes
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Abstract
Lethal residues of heptachlor epoxide in brains of birds fed heptachlor ranged from 9 to 27 ppm wet weight; residues of oxychlordane in birds fed oxychlordane ranged from 6 to 16 ppm; both were diagnostically distinct from those in equally exposed survivors. In birds fed chlordane, brains of those that died contained less than 30% of these amounts but also contained trans-nonachlor, compound C, and compound E, suggesting additivity or synergism. In birds fed chlordane followed by untreated feed, oxychlordane was most persistent; trans-nonachlor, heptachlor epoxide, and compounds C and E followed, in that order. Loss rates were best expressed on a wet weight basis because lipid-based rates were distorted by seasonal weight gains.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Chlordane in birds: A study of lethal residues and loss rates |
| DOI | 10.1016/B978-0-444-00288-4.50042-6 |
| Year Published | 1979 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier/North Holland |
| Publisher location | New York |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 10 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | Toxicology and Occupational Medicine. Proceedings of the Tenth Inter-American Conference on Toxicology and Occupational Medicine. Key Biscayne (Miami), Florida |
| First page | 387 |
| Last page | 396 |
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