Effects of azinphos-methyl on northern bobwhite: a comparison of laboratory and field results

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (U.S. EPA's) ecological risk assessment process uses laboratory toxicity data in quotient indices to characterize risks to wildlife, but with poor understanding of the relationship between these data and actual field effects. To explore this relat...

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Published in:Environmental toxicology and chemistry 1998-07, Vol.17 (7), p.1364-1370
Main Authors: Matz, A.C. (Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.), Bennett, R.S, Landis, W.G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Aves
AZINFOS-METIL
AZINPHOS-METHYL
Biological and medical sciences
CAILLE
CODORNIZ
COLINUS VIRGINIANUS
ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT
Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution
EFECTOS SECUNDARIOS
Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on vertebrates
EFFET SECONDAIRE
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gallus domesticus
NONTARGET EFFECTS
NONTARGET ORGANISMS
Organophosphate
QUAILS
Quotient method
RIESGO
RISK
RISK ASSESSMENT
RISQUE
SIDE EFFECTS
SUPERVIVENCIA
SURVIE
SURVIVAL
TOXICIDAD
TOXICITE
TOXICITY
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Summary:The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (U.S. EPA's) ecological risk assessment process uses laboratory toxicity data in quotient indices to characterize risks to wildlife, but with poor understanding of the relationship between these data and actual field effects. To explore this relationship, we compared toxicity results from a controlled field study to those from a dietary toxicity (median lethal concentration) laboratory test. In the field test, northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) chicks were cross-fostered to bantam chicken (Gallus domesticus) hens. Then, 12-d-old broods in enclosed alfalfa fields were exposed to sprayed azinphos-methyl (Guthion 2S) at three application rates (0[control], 0.77, and 3.11 kg active ingredient/ha). Chick survival was significantly lower at 3.11 kg/ha 0 to 5 d postspray and at both application rates 6 to 10 d postspray compared to control (p 0.05). Chick brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity, growth, and weight of crop contents were significantly reduced in treatments compared to control (p 0.05). In the laboratory test, 12-d-old bobwhite were exposed to dietary concentrations of 0 (control), 150, 240, 380, and 600 ppm azinphos-methyl for 5 d. Survival was significantly lower at 600 ppm compared to control, and brain AChE activity and growth rates were significantly reduced from control for all concentrations (p 0.05). Chick survival, brain AChE activity, and growth in the field were significantly different from equivalent exposures in the laboratory (p 0.05), with equivalency determined by U.S. EPA's vegetation residue estimates, and temporal patterns of effects differed between field and laboratory. We conclude that the effects observed in the field differed from that predicted by risk quotients because the quotient method does not consider alternate routes of exposure, behavioral responses, influence of spatial and temporal environmental variability, or indirect effects
ISSN:0730-7268
1552-8618
DOI:10.1002/etc.5620170721