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Toxicity of Parathion to a Freshwater Fish, Channa gachua (Ham.)


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1 Department of Zoology, St. Columba’s College, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India
2 Department of Zoology, Giridih College, Giridih-815 301, Jharkhand, India
 

The present research work is oriented to find out toxic effects of an organophosphate insecticide, parathion on a freshwater fish, Channa gachua. By following standard procedures for toxicity determination, it was found that 34.0, 33.0, 32.0 and 31.0 ppm of the parathion formed 24 h, 48 h, 72 h and 96 hours LC50 doses, whereas LC0 and LC100 doses were 21.0 and 35.0 ppm respectively showing toxic nature of the insecticide.

Keywords

Parathion, Toxicity, Channa gachua, LC50.
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Authors

Sanjay Kumar Raju
Department of Zoology, St. Columba’s College, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India
D. N. Sadhu
Department of Zoology, St. Columba’s College, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India
Md. Noor Alam
Department of Zoology, Giridih College, Giridih-815 301, Jharkhand, India

Abstract


The present research work is oriented to find out toxic effects of an organophosphate insecticide, parathion on a freshwater fish, Channa gachua. By following standard procedures for toxicity determination, it was found that 34.0, 33.0, 32.0 and 31.0 ppm of the parathion formed 24 h, 48 h, 72 h and 96 hours LC50 doses, whereas LC0 and LC100 doses were 21.0 and 35.0 ppm respectively showing toxic nature of the insecticide.

Keywords


Parathion, Toxicity, Channa gachua, LC50.