| mortality of passerines adjacent to a north carolina corn field treated with granular carbofuran. | red-winged blackbirds (agelaius phoeniceus) were collected during an epizootic in southeastern north carolina (usa). activity of brain cholinesterase (che) was inhibited by 14 to 48% in three of five specimens, and returned to normal levels after incubation. gastrointestinal tracts were analyzed for 30 anti-che agents. carbofuran, the only compound detected, was present in all specimens at levels from 5.44 to 72.7 micrograms/g wet weight. application of granular carbofuran in an adjacent corn fi ... | 1996 | 8627921 |