Pesticide contamination of water rats in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas, New South Wales, Australia, 1970-72.
Organochlorine pesticides were found in all samples of livers, kidneys, mammary glands, and fetuses of eastern water rats (Hydromys chrysogaster) collected in the Murrumbidgee irrigation areas of New South Wales in 1970 and 1972. DDE was the predominant residue. Livers contained 0.01--3.10 ppm sigma DDT air-dried weight; kidneys, less than 0.01--1.12 ppm; mammary glands, 0.14--23.75 ppm; fetal liver, 0.28--0.66 ppm. Variations in residue levels are discussed in relation to the possible effects of environmental and physiological factors.
D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D012275:Oryza / Q000032:analysis; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats / Q000378:metabolism*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014018:Tissue Distribution
D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides; D010573:Pesticide Residues