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Food intake, body weight, and locomotor activity were monitored on adult male bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) which were provided diets that contained sublethal levels of carbaryl or carbofuran typical of natural exposure under agricultural conditions in Kansas. Diets containing 237 or 1,235 ppm of carbaryl, or 26 ppm of carbofuran did not alter food intake, body weight, or locomotor activity of adult bobwhites. Diets containing 131 ppm of carbofuran significantly (P < 0.05) reduced food intake, body weight, and locomotor activity.
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Robel, R.J., Felthousen, R.W. & Dayton, A.D. Effects of carbamates on bobwhite food intake, body weight, and locomotor activity. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 11, 611–615 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01056370
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