An Incident of Fenthion Mosquito Control and Subsequent Avian Mortality

Authors

• Robert Seabloom, University of North Dakota
• Gary Pearson, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
• Lewis Oring, University of North Dakota
• James Reilly, University of North Dakota

Date of this Version

1-1973

Comments

Published in Journal of Wildlife Diseases Vol. 9, January, 1973.

Abstract

Mass mortality among migratory birds at Grand Forks, North Dakota, was attributed to a mosquito control operation employing the insecticide fenthion. The factors involved may have included the toxicity of the pesticide for birds, the method of application and coincidence with the peak of the spring warbler migration.