ISSN 2285-5750, ISSN CD-ROM 2285-5769, ISSN-L 2285-5750, ISSN Online: 2393 – 2260

Some typical symptoms of mulberry silk worm poisoning with the neonicotinoid insecticides Confidor and Actara

Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LV
Written by Krasimira AVRAMOVA, Dimitar GREKOV, Rumyana IVANOVA, Hristo HRISTEV

An incidence of mulberry silkworm poisoning with residual amounts of the neonicotinoid chemicals Actara and Confidor is presented in the paper. The development and final outcome of toxic poisoning is described in detail. Poisoning with Actara and Confidor occurs very quickly (within 30 min for Confidor and within 1-2 h for Actara, contrary to poisoning with nicotine (within about 2-3 days). The nervous system is affected and the mulberry silkworm body changes in size, shape and structure.

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