Fipronil toxicity in northern bobwhite quail Colinus virginianus: Reduced feeding behaviour and sulfone metabolite formation

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 524-530

  Kitulagodage, Malsha ^a   Isanhart, John ^b   Buttemer, William A ^a   Hooper, Michael J ^b   Astheimer, Lee B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Birds; Ecotoxicology; Fipronil sulfone; Metabolic fate; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIRDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

ADVERSE EFFECT; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; FIPRONIL; METABOLIC FATE; WEIGHT LOSS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

SULFONE;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BODY MASS; BRAIN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INHIBITOR; INSECT; INSECTICIDE; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; PESTICIDE; RESEARCH WORK; SEED; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR; TOXICITY; WEIGHT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LD 50; NONHUMAN;

AVES; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79953028601     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.12.057     Document Type: Article

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