Pesticide Research Journal

SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2006
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue: 2

Residues of Organochlorine Insecticides in Meat of Slaughtered Animals in Kerala

  • Author:
  • R Vijayan, Thomas George1,, S Naseema Beevi2, MO Kurien
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 228 to 230

1Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram-695522

2Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram-695522

Department of Animal Husbandry, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram-695522

*Correspondence: thomasgeorgetvm@yahoo.co.uk

Online published on 15 October, 2011.

Abstract

A total of 90 animals between 1.5 and 8.0 years old were randomly selected for the study. Of these 57.8% were cross-bred animals and rest were non-descript. 61.1% of fhe animals under study were brought tor slaughter rfom local sources and rest from Tamil Nadu. Samples collected from 3 talukas each of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Pathanamthitta revealed contamination with traces of organochlorine pesticides (0.01–0.22 μg g−1). Some of fhe samples were found contaminated with α and β isomers of HCH, but their level were well below the prescribed MRL values. Most of the samples were free from contamination.

Keywords

Organochlorine pesticides, DDT, HCH, Contamination, Fat