[Study of the cumulation, desorption and mechanism of action of organochlorine pesticides on fish cestodes]. / Izuchenie kumuliatsii, desorbtsii i mekhanizma deistviia khlororganicheskikh iadokhimikatov na tsestodakh ryb

The distribution of residues of DDT and its metabolites (DDD and DDE) in tissues of Triaenophorus nodulosus and its host was studied. It has been noted that cestodes can accumulate chlororganic substances in great quantity. The ability of Bothriocephalus gowkongensis has been established to dechlorate pp-DDT and to excrete pp-, op- and mp-DDD from the organism. Pp-DDT decreases the glycogene content and causes the rise of amylolytic activity in the above cestodes in acute tests. The effect of pp-DDT on the locomotor activity of cestodes is of two-phase character. The first one is associated with the muscular influence, the second one-- with neurotrophic effect. A high toxicity of mp-DDD )0.1 mg/l) for the locomotor activity of cestodes as compared with the effect of pp- and op-DDD was revealed.