Authors : Selcuk Berber, Selcuk Turel and Hasan Kaya
Abstract: In this study, the acute toxicity of lambda-cyhalothrin, a synthetic pyrethroid pesticides heavily used in the paddy fields, to the juvenile and adults of Astacus leptodactylus was investigated. The two different experiments, one for the juvenile (0.417±0.001 g) and one for the adult (39±2.2 g) crayfish were conducted. Acute toxicity tests was performed in 3 L glass jars for the juvenile and in aquariums for the adults. Acute toxicity tests with a static control and 6 different concentrations with 3 replications were tested. About 10 healthy individuals were placed in each. During the experiments, the water temperature was kept at 20°C and average pH was constant at 7.8. At the end of the 96 h experiments, the LC50 value of lambda-cyhalothrin insektisitinin for Astacus leptodactylus were found as 0.84 ng L-1 for the juveniles and as 0.207 mg L-1 for the adults. As a result, the heavily used lambda-cyhalothrin in the paddy fields was determined to be very toxic for juveniles and for adult of Astacus leptodactylus.
Selcuk Berber, Selcuk Turel and Hasan Kaya, 2013. Acute Toxicity of Lambda-Cyhalothrin (Synthetic Pyrethroid) to the Juvenile and Adult Crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823). Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 12: 1372-1375.