Toxicity of emamectin benzoate to mallard duck and northern bobwhite quail

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1118-1123

  Chukwudebe, Amechi C ^a   Beavers, Joann B ^b   Jaber, Mark ^b   Wislocki, Peter G ^c  

^a Novartis Inc   (United States)

^b Wildlife International Ltd   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Avermectins; Avian toxicity; Emamectin benzoate Environmental safety; No observed effect concentrations

Indexed keywords

EMAMECTIN BENZOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EMAMECTIN BENZOATE; MALLARD; NORTHERN BOBWHITE; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DUCK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HAZARD; LC 50; LD 50; LETHAL DOSE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; AVES; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; PHASIANIDAE; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0031750346     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<1118:TOEBTM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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