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Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Guano of Brazilian Free-tailed Bats, Tadarida brasiliensis Saint-Hilaire, from East Texas

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We would like to thank the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for access to the Huntsville Unit colony, T. Nalbone and O. C. Coleman for assistance in working with the bats, and the Texas Research Institute for Environmental Studies at SHSU for use of their gas chromatograph. This project was supported in part by an SHSU Faculty Research Enhancement Grant to M. L. Thies.

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Bennett, B.S., Thies, M.L. Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Guano of Brazilian Free-tailed Bats, Tadarida brasiliensis Saint-Hilaire, from East Texas. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 78, 191–194 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-007-9089-7

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