Laboratory evaluation of repellent properties against birds of the synthetic pyrethroid decamethrin.
Both technical grade and commercially formulated decamethrin administered in feed has a generally repellent action upon quail, with strong individual variations. The excipient used in the commercial preparation has a similar effect on its own, probably due to its odor. Repellency diminishes after repeated exposure and even becomes reversed in the case of the purified pyrethroid, which attracts intoxicated quail.
D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D003370:Coturnix; D005079:Excipients; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009570:Nitriles; D009812:Odorants; D011722:Pyrethrins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011784:Quail
D005079:Excipients; D009570:Nitriles; D011722:Pyrethrins; C017180:decamethrin