> Fluvalinate is slightly toxic to birds. The acute oral LD50
> for fluvalinate in bobwhite quail is > 2,510 mg/kg.
If I got this right, it takes 2.510 kg *per kg of quail* to kill half the
quail(s?). ( if 1mg=.001kg)
Hmmmm...
Do we weigh the quail before or after it eats?? (1.0 + 2.510 =
3.510 (= v. large (stuffed) quail)).
I am assuming the dose is to be applied orally, not topically, as
the latter would likely result in a smothered quail.
Pyrethroids are toxic to all cold blooded critters, apparently -- but
not very bothersome to the warm blooded.
Ah Ha! Maybe fluvalinate killed the dinosaurs?
Regards
Allen
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