The acute intraperitoneal toxicity of cypermethrin.

This study determined the effects of acute cypermethrin toxicity in the rat and its dose-response characteristics The intraperitoneal LD50 of cypermethrin from the study was 44.0 mg/kg body weight. The symptoms of toxicity were muscular weakness, swaying gait and respiratory distress; pallor and prostration occurred at higher doses and convulsions preceded death, apparently due to respiratory failure.

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Ahmadu Bello University
Nigeria

Keywords

Lethal Dose 50, Male, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Pyrethrins, Animals, Rats, Wistar, Injections, Intraperitoneal, Rats

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