Effect of profenofos feeding on food consumption, body weight and tissue residues in chickens.
Feeding chickens on profenofos contaminated food at levels of 50, 100 and 200 ppm resulted in significant decrease in food consumption and body weight with some mortalities in the third week of feeding. profenofos and its metabolites were found to distribute rapidly in the different tissues with a positive relationship between tissue residue levels and the corresponding feeding level tested. On return to normal food free from pesticide these residues dissipated rapidly from the different tissues.
Eglal
High Institute of Public Health, Alex. University, Cairo.
Salem
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Abdel-Azize
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Azza
Aboul el Wafa
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Hesham
El-Derea
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B
D000821:Animal Feed; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects*; D002645:Chickens; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005506:Food Contamination; D007306:Insecticides / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D018529:Nutritional Support; D063086:Organothiophosphates / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D013997:Time Factors
D007306:Insecticides; D063086:Organothiophosphates; C024273:profenofos