Effects of the organophosphate fenthion for control of the redbilled quelea Quelea quelea on cholinesterase and haemoglobin concentrations in the blood of target and non-target birds

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1761-1770

  Cheke, Robert A ^a   McWilliam, Andrew N ^b,c   Mbereki, Collen ^d   Van Der Walt, Etienne ^e   Mtobesya, Boaz ^f   Magoma, Richard N ^f   Young, Stephen ^a   Eberly, J Patrick ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Stoneybrae   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Animal Production   (Botswana)

^e PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^f Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives   (Tanzania)

^g EQM Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Africa; Bird pest control; Butyrylcholinesterase; Fenthion; Haemoglobin; Non target birds and reptiles; Red billed Quelea

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; FENTHION; HEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD; BREEDING; COLONY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEMOGLOBIN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NESTLING; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PASSERINE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; REPTILE; SEMIARID REGION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOTSWANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PEST ORGANISM; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUELEA QUELEA; RED BILLED QUELEA BIRD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA; WILD ANIMAL;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FENTHION; HEMOGLOBINS; LIZARDS; MALE; SNAKES; SONGBIRDS; TIME FACTORS;

BOTSWANA; TANZANIA;

AVES; QUELEA; QUELEA QUELEA; REPTILIA;

EID: 84868117649     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-0911-6     Document Type: Article

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