Plasma and brain cholinesterase in methomyl-intoxicated free-ranging pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica)

ABSTRACT: A mortality event caused by exposure to the carbamate insecticide methomyl was diagnosed in several hundred pigeons fed treated corn kernels in a city park. A cholinesterase inhibitor insecticide was initially suspected based on clinical signs and a significant inhibition (P < 0.05) of...

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Autores:

Villar Argaiz, David
Balvin, Dubel
Giraldo Echeverri, Carlos Andrés
Motas, Miguel
Olivera Ángel, Martha

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2010

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/38965

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/10495/38965

Palabra clave:

Enfermedades de las Aves - inducido químicamente
Bird Diseases - chemically induced
Encéfalo - metabolismo
Brain - metabolism
Colinesterasas
Cholinesterases
Columbidae
Insecticidas - toxicidad
Insecticides - toxicity
Metomil - toxicidad
Methomyl - toxicity
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001715
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001921
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002802
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010856
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007306
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008724

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openAccess

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/co/