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Title: Sublethal effects of malathion on channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus

Abstract

Malathion (O,O-dimethyl-S-1, 2-di-(ethoxycarbamyl)ethyl phosphorodithioate) is an organophosphate which is a widely used pesticide in the United States. This pesticide seems to be more toxic to insects and fish than to mammals due to the lack of hydrolytic enzymes in insects and fish. Malathion clearly affects the hematology of fish. The study reported here was designed to determine the effects of a commercially available malathion solution on channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus. Objectives were to measure hematological changes and histopathological effects of a sublethal concentration of malathion on the fish.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Auburn Univ., AL (USA)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6942940
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 44:3; Journal ID: ISSN 0007-4861
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; FISHES; HEMATOLOGY; MALATHION; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; ERYTHROCYTES; GILLS; HEMOGLOBIN; INTESTINES; KIDNEYS; LEUKOCYTES; LIVER; PESTICIDES; SPLEEN; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BLOOD; BLOOD CELLS; BODY; BODY FLUIDS; CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESTERS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLANDS; GLOBINS; HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; INSECTICIDES; MATERIALS; MEDICINE; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ORGANS; PIGMENTS; PORPHYRINS; PROTEINS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THIOLS; VERTEBRATES; 560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology

Citation Formats

Areechon, N, and Plumb, J A. Sublethal effects of malathion on channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. United States: N. p., 1990. Web. doi:10.1007/BF01701226.
Areechon, N, & Plumb, J A. Sublethal effects of malathion on channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701226
Areechon, N, and Plumb, J A. 1990. "Sublethal effects of malathion on channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701226.
@article{osti_6942940,
title = {Sublethal effects of malathion on channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus},
author = {Areechon, N and Plumb, J A},
abstractNote = {Malathion (O,O-dimethyl-S-1, 2-di-(ethoxycarbamyl)ethyl phosphorodithioate) is an organophosphate which is a widely used pesticide in the United States. This pesticide seems to be more toxic to insects and fish than to mammals due to the lack of hydrolytic enzymes in insects and fish. Malathion clearly affects the hematology of fish. The study reported here was designed to determine the effects of a commercially available malathion solution on channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus. Objectives were to measure hematological changes and histopathological effects of a sublethal concentration of malathion on the fish.},
doi = {10.1007/BF01701226},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6942940}, journal = {Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA)},
issn = {0007-4861},
number = ,
volume = 44:3,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1990},
month = {Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1990}
}