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1 Department of Zoology, St. Columba’s College, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, IN
2 Department of Zoology, Giridih College, Giridih-815 301, Jharkhand, IN
Source
Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, Vol 8, No 1 (2009), Pagination: 77-80
Abstract
The present research work is oriented to find out toxic effects of an organophosphate insecticide, parathion on a freshwater fish, Channa gachua. By following standard procedures for toxicity determination, it was found that 34.0, 33.0, 32.0 and 31.0 ppm of the parathion formed 24 h, 48 h, 72 h and 96 hours LC50 doses, whereas LC0 and LC100 doses were 21.0 and 35.0 ppm respectively showing toxic nature of the insecticide.
Keywords
Parathion, Toxicity, Channa gachua, LC50.
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