Effect of Insecticide Dichlorvos on Ovaries of Mosquito Fish Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard)

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Suha Abdul-khaliq Al-Jowari

Abstract

The toxicity of insecticide dichlorvos (90%) was tested in ovaries of mosquito fish using three sublethal concentrations (0.3, 0.6, 0.8 µg/L) and studied their effects on the means of body and ovary weights, gonadosomatic index, ovum size and ova number. Results showed that there was a significant (P

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How to Cite this Article

Al-Jowari, Suha Abdul-khaliq (2011) "Effect of Insecticide Dichlorvos on Ovaries of Mosquito Fish Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard)," Baghdad Science Journal: Vol. 8: Iss. 4, Article 10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21123/bsj.2011.8.4.934-939