Thiamethoxam a Neonicotinoid Insecticide: Need for Call to Action in Livestock Safety

The need to increase production while reducing associated pressures of agrochemical use on natural ecosystems and human health will pose a difficult challenge for scientists in all areas of basic and applied agricultural research. Although it will be important to provide growers with a variety of biologically-based, sustainable production alternatives, the use of agrochemicals will remain essential in pest management. Though there is rapid development of chemical, pesticide industries, it also has lead to concurrent increase in testing procedures to determine the safety of each compound before it is permitted to be sold for particular purpose. Therefore, the present day concern is with regard to judicious and proper use of pesticides so that they can be applied safely with proper instructions and guidance to have minimum risk to human and animal health. The information obtained from this book and laboratory investigation will help in understanding toxicodynamics and thereby will help in diagnosis and treatment of poisoning and assessing its safety for widespread use.

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