Behavioral changes from chronic exposure to pesticides used in aerial application : effects of Phosdrin on the performance of monkeys and pigeons on variable interval reinforcement schedules.

Lewis, Mark F.; Mertens, Henry W.; Steen, Jo Ann; Civil Aeromedical Institute

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Behavioral changes from chronic exposure to pesticides used in aerial application : effects of Phosdrin on the performance of monkeys and pigeons on variable interval reinforcement schedules.

1972-08-01
By Lewis, Mark F. ; Mertens, Henry W. ; Steen, Jo Ann

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Lewis, Mark F. ; Mertens, Henry W. ; Steen, Jo Ann

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Civil Aeromedical Institute
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United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
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Aerial Application Air Pilots Behavior Birds Birds As Laboratory Animals Cholinesterase-inhibiting Insecticides Drug Effects Drugs--Physiological Effect Esters Experiments Human Behavior Laboratory Animals Laboratory Tests Mevinphos Monkeys Monkeys As Laboratory Animals Pest Control Baits--Aerial Application Pesticides Poisons
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FAA-AM-72-29 ; DOT/FAA/AM-72/29

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Tech Report
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United States
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Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
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The need for study of behavioral difficulties resulting from exposure to pesticides is based upon reports of behavioral difficulties in aerial applicators following organophosphate poisoning and is underscored by a recent plane crash of a cropduster pilot in which prior exposure to several organophosphate pesticides was implicated.

The present study examines effects on performance of pigeons and squirrel monkeys of Phosdrin (mevinphos), a cholinesterase-inhibiting pesticide not previously studied in the laboratory. Variable interval schedules of reinforcement were used with both food and water as rewards. A dose related decrease in response rate was observed with all animals. Decrements in behavior were observed at doses below which external symptoms of Phosdrin poisoning occurred, indicating the need for further investigation of the behavioral actions of pesticides.
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