Table 3 Average imidacloprid levels in organs (ng of imidacloprid per gram of tissue) liver, brain, spleen, and genital in adult females (AF, n = 21), fawns (n = 65), female fawns (FF, n = 32), and male fawns (MF, n = 32) per treatment and control groups.
Age/Sex | Group | Survived/died | Liver (ng/g) (SEM) | Brain (ng/g) (SEM) | Spleen (ng/g) (SEM) | Genital (ng/g) (SEM) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AF | Control | All | 0.351 (0.09) | 0.222 (0.22) | 0.012 (0.01) | 0.388 (0.12) |
AF | Low | All | 0.133 (0.04) | 0 | 0.077 (0.05) | 0.380 (0.11) |
AF | Moderate | All | 0.495 (0.18) | 0.010 (0.01) | 0.111 (0.11) | 0.287 (0.08) |
AF | High | All | 0.590 (0.12) | 0 | 0.188 (0.10) | 0.210 (0.06) |
AF | All | Died | 0.153 (0.04) | 0.277 (0.21) | 0.030 (0.02) | 0.191 (0.13) |
AF | All | Survived | 0.487 (0.08) | 0.003 (0) | 0.124 (0.05) | 0.330 (0.04) |
AF | All | All | 0.423 (0.07) | 0.055 (0.05) | 0.106 (0.04) | 0.694 (0.05) |
FF | Control | All | 0.416 (0.06) | 0.058 (0.03) | 0.156 (0.04) | 0.273 (0.04) |
FF | Low | All | 0.430 (0.05) | 0.053 (0.02) | 0.114 (0.02) | 0.402 (0.04) |
FF | Moderate | All | 0.357 (0.05) | 0 | 0.126 (0.02) | 0.174 (0.02) |
FF | High | All | 0.426 (0.12) | 0.008 (0) | 0.294 (0.13) | 0.222 (0.04) |
FF | All | Died | 0.443 (0.09) | 0 | 0.268 (0.06) | 0.219 (0.03) |
FF | All | Survived | 0.401 (0.07) | 0.044 (0.03) | 0.177 (0.08) | 0.290 (0.06) |
FF | All | All | 0.417 (0.06) | 0.028 (0.02) | 0.210 (0.05) | 0.264 (0.04) |
MF | Control | All | 0.681 (0.10) | 0.065 (0.02) | 0.223 (0.03) | 0.102 (0.03) |
MF | Low | All | 0.350 (0.04) | 0 | 0.037 (0.01) | 0.168 (0.05) |
MF | Moderate | All | 0.566 (0.08) | 0.044 (0.02) | 0.252 (0.07) | 0.148 (0.04) |
MF | High | All | 0.532 (0.09) | 0.057 (0.04) | 0.176 (0.06) | 0.157 (0.03) |
MF | All | Died | 0.654 (0.08) | 0.006 (0) | 0.489 (0.07) | 0.259 (0.04) |
MF | All | Survived | 0.518 (0.08) | 0.057 (0.03) | 0.116 (0.03) | 0.115 (0.03) |
MF | All | All | 0.553 (0.07) | 0.046 (0.02) | 0.193 (0.04) | 0.146 (0.03) |
Fawn | All | Died | 0.528 (0.04) | 0.002 (0) | 0.342 (0.03) | 0.232 (0.02) |
Fawn | All | Survived | 0.463 (0.05) | 0.051 (0.02) | 0.144 (0.04) | 0.200 (0.03) |
