Stress and immune responses of nestling tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) and eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) exposed to nonpersistent pesticides and p,p′-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene in apple orchards of southern Ontario, Canada

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2930-2940

  Mayne, Gregory J ^a   Martin, Pamela A ^b   Bishop, Christine A ^b   Boermans, Herman J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Immune function; p,p Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; Pesticides; Songbirds

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELLS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BLUEBIRD NESTLINGS; CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNE RESPONSES;

PESTICIDES;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; PESTICIDE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

IMMUNE RESPONSE; ORCHARD; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BIRD; BODY MASS; CANADA; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CHICKEN; EGG; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCUBATION TIME; MIGRATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ORCHARD; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SURVIVAL; SWALLOWING; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BASOPHILS; CORTICOSTERONE; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALUS; ONTARIO; OVUM; PASSERIFORMES; PESTICIDES; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; SPLEEN; STRESS; SWALLOWS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; HIRUNDINIDAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PASSERI; SIALIA SIALIS; SIALIS; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 10044239258     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-428.1     Document Type: Article

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