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Study of organophosphate insecticide Monocrotophos induced toxicity on Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)

S. Jain, S.B. Shrivastava, Zubair Azad and Mansoor Majeed

Year : 2017 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 356-359

doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1312775

Received on: 11/23/2017

Revised on: 11/28/2017

Accepted on: 11/30/2017

Published on: 12/12/2017

  • S. Jain, S.B. Shrivastava, Zubair Azad and Mansoor Majeed( 2017).

    Study of organophosphate insecticide Monocrotophos induced toxicity on Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)

    . International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 2( 6), 356-359.

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Abstract

This study attempts to determine the 96-h LC50 of organophosphorous insecticide Monocrotophos, which is extensively used in agricultural farms. Fish species, Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) were selected for the bioassay experiments. Data obtained from the toxicity tests were evaluated using the probit analysis and the 96-h LC50 value was calculated as 360µl/l. The abnormal behaviours were observed in the lethal concentrations exposed tilapia than control.

Keywords

Monocrotophos, LC50, Oreochromis mossambicus, Toxicity, Acute.