Effects of grasshopper-control insecticides on survival and brain acetylcholinesterase of pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) chicks

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 518-524

  Martin, Pamela A ^a   Johnson, Daniel L ^b   Forsyth, Douglas J ^c  

^a Box 9 ^*  (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Carbofuran; Chlorpyrifos; Dimethoate; Ringed necked pheasants

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARBOFURAN; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIMETHOATE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD INTAKE; FOWL; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACRIDIDAE; AVES; GALLIFORMES; ORTHOPTERA; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 0029996425     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0518:EOGCIO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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