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fenvalerate

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fenvalerate
a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide used in ear tags for the control of head fly and ear ticks on cattle and topically on many species for control of fleas, flies, tick and lice.


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When the pyrethroid insecticide fenvalerate was given orally to rats, there was a pronounced, but not dose-related, inhibition of dopamine and its metabolites and decreased dopamine binding in several brain regions, including the corpus striatum (Husain et al.
However, developmental exposure to a commercial product containing fenvalerate had no effect on monoamine levels in the striatum (Moniz et al.
1995), and fenvalerate (Garey and Wolff 1998) have been reported as estrogenic pesticides.
 
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