COMBINED TOXICITY OF COUMAPHOS AND DIAZINON

Abstract

Two groups of Nubian goats were given 0.5 mg/kg/day coumaphos or diazinon. Another group of goats was given a mixture of coumaphos (0.25 mg/kg) and diazinon (0.25 mg/kg). The clinical and pathological investigations indicated that coumaphos/diazinon mixture had synergistic toxic effect on Nubian goats and death occurred within a period between 8-15 days. Animals in the first two groups showed mild findings and they were slaughtered on the ninety-first day.