Research Article
Formulated Beta-Cyfluthrin Shows Wide Divergence in Toxicity among Bird Species
Table 1
Dosing volumes (mL) and number of aliquots separately administered (in brackets).
| Individual | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Limit test |
| Canaries | 0.33 [2] | 0.33 [2] | 0.30 [2] | 0.32 [2] | 0.28 [2] | | | | | | Shiny cowbirds | 0.85 [3] | 1.00 [3] | 0.75 [3] | 0.80 [3] | 0.99 [3] | | | | | | Eared doves | 1.97 [3] | 2.13 [3] | 1.86 [3] | 2.26 [3] | 1.79 [3] | | | | | |
| 1st stage of the full test |
| Canaries | 0.12 [1] | 0.13 [1] | 0.16 [1] | 0.24 [2] | | | | | | |
| 2nd stage of the full test |
| Canaries | 0.08 [1] | 0.08 [1] | 0.12 [1] | 0.16 [1] | 0.10 [1] | 0.13 [1] | 0.14 [1] | 0.09 [1] | 0.11 [1] | 0.15 [1] | Shiny cowbirds | 0.31 [2] | 0.36 [2] | 0.48 [2] | 0.5 [3] | 0.68 [3] | 0.67 [3] | 0.81 [3] | 0.82 [3] | 1.5 [4] | 1.34 [4] | Eared doves | 0.81 [2] | 0.83 [2] | 0.87 [2] | 1.35 [2] | 1.46 [2] | 1.39 [2] | 2.34 [3] | 1.94 [3] | 2.20 [3] | 3.09 [3] |
| 3rd stage of full test |
| Canaries | 0.12 [1] | 0.10 [1] | 0.10 [1] | 0.10 [1] | 0.09 [1] | 0.13 [1] | 0.13 [1] | 0.13 [1] | 0.14 [1] | 0.16 [1] | Shiny cowbirds | 0.45 [2] | 0.45 [2] | 0.44 [2] | 0.35 [2] | 0.35 [2] | 1.26 [3] | 1.00 [3] | 1.00 [3] | 1.03 [3] | 1.07 [3] | Eared doves | 1.44 [2] | 1.24 [2] | 1.42 [2] | 1.02 [2] | 1.24 [2] | 2.88 [3] | 2.77 [3] | 2.66 [3] | 3.09 [3] | 2.09 [3] |
| 3rd stage of the full test (2) |
| Canaries | 0.11 [1] | 0.13 [1] | 0.11 [1] | 0.13 [1] | 0.10 [1] | 0.11 [1] | 0.11 [1] | 0.09 [1] | | |
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