Chronic Flubendiamide Exposure Induces Oxidative Stress in Water Buffalo (<i>Bubalus bubalis</i>) Calves

Abstract

Flubendiamide is a recently introduced, fast-acting insecticide with an excellent residual effect. In an unpublished study, it was reported not to cause any genotoxic, carcinogenic and neurotoxic effects in mammals. However, recent studies suggest that it is toxic for fish and Chinese tiger frog. Alterations in leukogram, erythrocytic indices and aspartic acid concentration in cerebrospinal fluid in water buffalo following its chronic exposure to flubendiamide have also been recorded in our laboratory.