Table 4. Food consumption by quail on diets 
including the insecticide shown. 
Daily food 
Days of Ave.daily food consump- Days to Ave.daily focd consumption to 
Percent feeding to tion (gms per bird) death of consumption to termination of 
[=o EERE EE mr ee re 
Insecticide in diet first death to date of first death last bird death of last bird test on 32nd day 
Chlordane 0.1 l 2.3 8 246 a 
0.05 4 3.1 8 3.3 on 
Toxaphene 0.1 8 3.7 13 307 =< 
| 0.05 nu 7.6 ant —_ 8.8 
DDT 0.1 3 11.6 9 12.3 _— 
0.05 7 18.0 Ln = 18.0 
Benzene 0.1 17 11.0 ao os 10.2, 
hexachloride | 
0.05 33 1.3 -- -- | 14.1 
Methoxychlor 0.1 = a et na 18.0. 
0.05 6 18.0 = a 19.4 
TDE (Rothane) 0.1 = Si ae Bocce | 18.4 
a 0.05 = = a2 ees 20.5 
Parathion 0.025 - 7 7.5 | in — 9.1 
0.0125 13 9.5 — te | 9.3 
Check _ cae — ‘ane _— . 20.8 
(Untreated) 
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