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- Title
Pesticide residues in helmeted guineafowl livers from crop farms in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
- Authors
Ratcliffe, C.S.; Crowe, T.M.; Peall, S.K.C.
- Abstract
The livers of 36 helmeted guineafowl Numida meleagris were collected during July 1997 to August 1998 from 10 farms with varying intensities of pesticide use within the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. Residues (ppb) of Dieldrin and p,p' isomers of DDE were detected in 8 (22%) samples representing three farms with high and two with moderate pesticide-use. No chemical residues were associated with farms with no pesticide application. The ranges of the residue concentrations detected were: Dieldrin 2-32 ppb and p,p' DDE 8-208 ppb. These residues represent historical rather than recent contamination, indicating that current populations are not being affected by sub-lethal accumulations of pesticides.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; KWAZULU-Natal (South Africa); PESTICIDES &; wildlife; NUMIDA meleagris; ORGANOCHLORINE compounds; CHEMICALS
- Publication
South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 2000, Vol 30, Issue 4, p145
- ISSN
0379-4369
- Publication type
Article