dieldrin and Poultry-Diseases

Topics: Animal Diseases; Animals; Bridged-Ring Compounds; Cats; Cattle; Cattle Diseases; Chickens; Chlordan; Cyclohexanes; DDT; Dieldrin; Dog Diseases; Dogs; Drug Synergism; Female; Guinea Pigs; Haplorhini; Horse Diseases; Horses; Hydrocarbons, Halogenated; Indenes; Insecticide Resistance; Insecticides; Male; Mice; Naphthalenes; Neoplasms; Poisoning; Poultry Diseases; Rabbits; Rats; Rodent Diseases; Sheep; Sheep Diseases

Topics: Animals; Chickens; Dieldrin; Female; Poultry Diseases

Topics: Animals; Dieldrin; Poultry; Poultry Diseases; Wood

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of dieldrin and calcium on reproductive performance of quail. At 25% egg production the quail received diets containing 0,10 or 25 p.p.m. of dieldrin for 6, 28-day periods in experiment 1 and 0, 5, or 25 p.p.m. of dieldrin for 4, 28-day periods in experiment 2. Pesticide treatments were employed with diets containing 0.5% and 3.0% calcium. The results show that egg shell thickness, cracked eggs, egg production, feed consumption, egg weights, fertility, hatchability and body weights were not affected by dieldrin treatments. However, egg shell thickness, cracked eggs, egg production and hatchability were adversely affected by the lower calcium level. Female body weights were consistently heavier for the low calcium diet. Mortality increased in the presence of 10 and especially 25 p.p.m. of dieldrin. Livability of chicks from hens receiving rations with 10 and 25 p.p.m. of dieldrin was significantly lower than those fed no dieldrin. In summary, dieldrin was without effect on egg shell quality or other reproductive factors but did exert a detrimental effect on adult mortality and livability of progeny.

Topics: Animals; Body Weight; Calcium; Calcium, Dietary; Coturnix; Dieldrin; Egg Shell; Eggs; Female; Fertility; Incubators; Male; Poultry Diseases; Quail

Topics: Animals; Biotin; Body Weight; Dieldrin; Ducks; Fatty Acids; Lipids; Liver; Organ Size; Poultry Diseases; Vitamin A; Vitamin A Deficiency