Abstract :
Fipronil (FPN) a phenylpyrazole insecticide is one of the preferred agricultural chemical known for controlling insect pests. Assessment of its safe and toxic levels has become a matter of serious concern as it is occupationally exposed to the farming community. The current investigation was thus aimed to elucidate the changes in haematological indices of Wistar rats on exposure to FPN. Healthy and mature male Wistar rats were randomly assigned into four groups C, E1, E2 and E3 and received 0.0, 6.46, 12.12 and 32.33mg/kg body weight of FPN respectively for a duration of 90 days. The results obtained indicated significant (*p
Keyword :
Fipronil, Haematotoxicity, Immune system, Red Blood Corpuscles and Wistar rats