Toxic effects of malathion and endosulfan to fertile chicken eggs were determined. Injection of 1.25, 2.5, 5.0 and 10.0 mg/egg of malathion into yolk sac of fertile eggs prior to incubation caused mortality of 10.0, 30.0, 83.33 and 93.33% respectively. Similar trend was observed with injection of endosulfan doses. Malathion and endosulfan at 1.25 mg/egg caused no pronounced LD50 increase in mor...

AIM The present study was aimed to investigate the immunological competence of endosulfan insecticide after limited oral administration in White Leghorn layer chickens. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 20 White Leghorn birds were given endosulfan in drinking water at 30 ppm/bird/day (no observable effect level dose) for a period of 3-months. Immune competence status of layer birds and chicks ...

Male and female albino rats given different oral doses (0.75, 2.5, 5.0 and 0.25, 0.75, 1.5 mg/kg/D) of endosulfan respectively for a period of 30 days elicited signs of toxicity such as hyperexcitability, tremor, dyspnea and salivation for a brief period. At the tested dose levels, endosulfan produced no significant change in the organ body weight ratio, biochemical, histological, haematologica...

The present experiment was designed to make a systematic study of experimentally induced immunotoxicity of endosulfan and its amelioration with Ocimum sanctum in male Wistar rats at 6, 3 and 1.5 mg / Kg b.wt to groups II, III and IV by mixing in ground nut oil for 6 weeks. To the groups V, VI and VII in addition to endosulfan as above mentioned dose, Ocimum sanctum was given at 200 mg / kg b.wt...

Recently use of endosulfan has aroused a great concern among clinical and basic neuroscientists as besides adult population even the children residing in some areas of touristic state of Kerala, India which are under constant spraying of endosulfan had shown symptoms of CNS dysfunctioning including cerebral palsy, retardation of mental and physical growth, epilepsy and various congenital anomal...

Acute toxicity tests for the pesticides endosulfan and malathion on the larvae of Chironomus ramosus were conducted. Median Lethal Concentration (LC50) values of endosulfan were 0.55 x 10(-2), 0.16 x 10(-2), 0.089 x 10(-2) and 0.036 x 10(-2) ppb respectively, while those for malathion were 0.139 x 10(-2), 0.054 x 10(-2), 0.019 x 10(-2) and 0.0032 x 10(-2) ppb respectively, at 24, 48, 72 and 96 ...

Endosulfan, an organochlorine (OC) insecticide belonging to the cyclodiene group, is one of the most commonly used pesticides to control pests in vegetables, cotton and fruits. To evaluate the health risk due to the exposure to Endosulfan in the environment, a framework was developed by combining three sub – models: (1) the fugacity model which evaluates the dynamic performance of Endosulfan in...

Endosulfan is a pesticide of organochlorine group. The lipophilic nature of endosulfan suggests that endosulfan initially accumulates in fatty tissues and that relatively high amounts can be found in the liver and kidneys after exposure. In the present investigation spermatozoa architecture after endosulfan treatment in mice have been evaluated. Hence, the dose of 3 mg/Kg b.w of Endosulfan was ...