Man or Mouse?

Authors

Document Type

Article

Abstract

When testing a new compound (Chlorfenvinphos) for killing ectoparasites on dogs, Vernon Brown of the Shell Toxicology Lab in England found the LD50 differences between species to be enormous. For rats, the LD50 value was 12 mg per kilogram of ordinary feed, for mice 100-200 mg, while dogs proved indestructible at 12,000 mg.

Publication Date

April 1983

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

20

Issue

1

First Page

6

Last Page

6

Copyright

© Copyright 1983 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

(1983) "Man or Mouse?," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 20: No. 1, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol20/iss1/3