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Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning : Global Perspectives and Forensic Approaches.
This cutting-edge title is one of the first devoted entirely to the issue of carbofuran and wildlife mortality. It features a compilation of international contributions from policy-makers, researchers, conservationists and forensic practitioners and provides a summary of the history and mode of acti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
John Wiley & Sons,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning: Global Perspectives and Forensic Approaches; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contributor Biographies; 1: An overview of the chemistry, manufacture, environmental fate and detection of carbofuran; 1.1: Introduction; 1.2: The chemistry and mode of action of carbofuran; 1.3: Manufacture and formulation of carbofuran; 1.4: Carbofuran in the environment; 1.4.1: Carbofuran precursors, metabolism and degradation products; 1.5: Analytical methods used to detect carbofuran; 1.5.1: Principles of chromatography; 1.6: Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References.
- 2: Carbofuran: Toxicity, diagnosing poisoning and rehabilitation of poisoned birds2.1: Acute toxicity of carbofuran to birds and mammals; 2.2: Exposure routes for the liquid formulation; 2.3: Exposure routes for granular carbofuran formulations; 2.3.1: Direct ingestion; 2.3.2: Contaminated soil invertebrates; 2.3.3: Contaminated soil/sediments; 2.4: The time course of carbofuran intoxication; 2.5: Physiological effects and signs of intoxication; 2.6: Physical field evidence and necropsy findings in poisonings due to AChE inhibiting compounds with special emphasis on carbofuran.
- 2.7: Chemical and biochemical diagnosis of a carbofuran kill2.8: Rehabilitation of poisoned wildlife; 2.9: Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 3: A chronicling of long-standing carbofuran use and its menace to wildlife in Kenya; 3.1: Introduction; 3.2: Background on pesticide use and environmental monitoring in Kenya; 3.2.1: Furadan use in rice farming: how carbofuran first gained entry into Kenya; 3.2.2: Presence, persistence and degradation of carbofuran in Kenyan soils; 3.2.3: General purchase and application of pesticides.
- 3.2.4: General trends in use of pesticides in agricultural communities3.3: Measuring the conservation threat that deliberate poisoning poses tobirds in Kenya: The case of pesticide hunting with Furadan in the Bunyala Rice Irrigation Scheme; 3.3.1: Introduction; 3.3.2: Methodology; 3.3.3: Results of the study; 3.3.4: Discussion; 3.3.5: General conclusions; 3.4: The role of carbofuran in the decline of lions and other carnivores in Kenya; 3.4.1: Background information; 3.4.2: Use of poison to kill carnivores in Kenya; 3.4.3: Methods used to assess repercussions to scavenging mammals.
- 3.4.4: Results3.4.5: Discussion; 3.5: Threats of secondary Furadan poisoning to scavengers, especially vultures, in Kenya; 3.5.1: Misuse of Furadan to control farm pests; 3.5.2: Effects of Furadan on vulture populations in Kenya; 3.6: Forensic analysis of carbofuran in vultures and environmental samples collected from Laikipia and Isiolo districts; 3.6.1: Survey result; 3.6.2: Analysis of environmental sample; 3.6.3: Conclusions of the study; 3.7: Repercussions of pesticides (including carbofuran) on nontarget, beneficial insects and use of insects in forensic analyses in Kenya.