Acute toxicity of carbaryl (Sevin 85) to Ampullaria sp.

• Main Author: Acedera, Jennifer V.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1997
• Subjects: Insecticides > Toxicology; Carbaryl; Snails; Edible; Acute toxicity testing
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1412
• Institution: De La Salle University

Static, acute toxicity tests were conducted to determine the percent mortality of the edible snail, Ampullaria sp. to the insecticide, carbaryl (Sevin 85). The 96-hr LC50 of carbaryl was estimated using the linear regression method. Results of the study showed a direct relationship between the perce...