The Impact of Biological and Chemical Fungicides on Sheep Lymphocytes’ Ability to Induce Chromosomal Aberration

Abstract

Abstract Through the measurement of chromosomal alterations in sheep fed feed containing these fungicides at varying low and high concentrations, the research aims to compare the genetic toxicity of two pesticides: one chemical, MouldClean, and the other biological, Mycofix. All of this was contrasted with the fungicide-free control treatment over varying time intervals of 7 and 14 days. The study found that there are chromosomal changes in the lymphocytes of sheep fed with fungicides of chemical origin, MouldClean, at both high and low concentrations after 7 day(0.980. 0.925 respectively) more than what is found in the lymphocytes of sheep fed with biological fungicides(Mycofix) at both high and low concentrations(0.0475, 0.0675 respectively) The same outcomes were seen 14 days after the two pesticide concentrations mentioned above were applied, as the MouldClean treatment had a higher rate of chromosomal abnormalities than the Mycofix treatment did.