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Spinosad References

Spinosad:

  1. Blagburn, B. L.; Young, D. R.; Moran, C.; Meyer, J. A.; Leigh-Heffron, A.; Paarlberg, T.; Zimmermann, A. G.; Mowrey, D.; Wiseman, S.; Snyder, D. E. Effects of orally administered spinosad (Comfortis®) in dogs on adult and immature stages of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis). Vet. Parasitol. 168, 3-4, 312-17.
  2. Breslin, W. J.; Marty, M. S.; Vedula, U.; Liberacki, A. B.; Yano, B. L. Developmental toxicity of Spinosad administered by gavage to CD® rats and New Zealand White rabbits. Food Chem. Toxicol. 2000, 38, 12, 1103-12.
  3. Caldwell, B.; Sideman, E.; Seaman, A.; Shelton, A.; Smart, C. Material Fact Sheet Spinosad. Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management; Cornell University: New York, New York, 2013; pp 163-167
  4. Deardorff, A.; Stark, J. Acute Toxicity and Hazard Assessment of Spinosad and R-11 to Three Cladoceran Species and Coho Salmon. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2009, 82, 5, 549-53.
  5. FDA Approves Head Lice Treatment for Children and Adults; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration: Silver Spring, MD, 2011.
  6. Hanley, T. R.; Breslin, W. J.; Quast, J. F.; Carney, E. W. Evaluation of Spinosad in a Two-Generation Dietary Reproduction Study Using Sprague-Dawley Rats. Toxicol. Sci. 2002, 67, 1, 144-52.
  7. Miles, M. The effects of spinosad, a naturally derived insect control agent, to the honeybee. Bull. Insectol. 2003, 56, 1, 119-24.
  8. Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for Certain Pesticide Chemicals in or on Food; Fed. Regist. 2000, 65, 86, 25721-24.
  9. Oral Dosage Form New Animal Drugs; Spinosad; Fed. Regist. 2007, 72, 206, 60550-51.
  10. Pesticide Fact Sheet Spinosad; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1999.
  11. Spinosad; Pesticide Tolerances; Fed. Regist. 2000, 65, 8, 1802-09.
  12. WHO. Pesticide Residues in Food, Toxicological Evaluations, Spinosad; International Programme on Chemical Safety, World Health Organization: Geneva, Switzerland, 2001.
  13. Kollman, W. S. Environmental Fate of Spinosad; California Department of Pesticide Regulation, Environmental Monitoring Branch: Sacramento, 2002.

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