Open AccessHISTOPATHOLOGICAL ALTERNATIONS INDUCED BY THE ACTION OF LAMBDA-CYHALOTHRIN IN ETROPLUS SURATENSIS (BLOCH)
Author(s) -
Vidhya,
Radhakrishnan Nair C
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
kongunadu research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2349-2694
DOI - 10.26524/krj312
Subject(s) - cyhalothrin , pyrethroid , kidney , lambda , biology , toxicology , zoology , anatomy , physics , ecology , endocrinology , pesticide , optics
The study of structural damage of organs or tissues is an integral part of pollution toxicology. The present work was conducted to study the effect of the pyrethroid insecticide, lambda-cyhalothrin on the kidney of the pearlspot “Etroplus suratensis”. The dilation of the kidney tubules, degeneration in kidney tissue, rupture in the collecting tubules and necrosis were observed in the present investigation after lambdacyhalothrin treatment