Insecticide Residues Surveying of Field Duck Meat in Uttaradit Province

Abstract

This study has a focus to know the numbers of field duck layers on the rice field in Uttaradit province in 2015. The study includes the use of pesticide on the rice field whether they are present in the field duck layers meat. The study uses the historical data retrieved from regional livestock office 6th Phitsanulok. Moreover, in the information was gathered, observed and analyzed from insecticide residues present field duck layers meat. The finding that stated of districts in Uttaradit province has field duck layers. Farmer who raise duck layers were independent small farmers, wage farmers and large farmers. The farming was moved to the new feed source when a previous one was depleted. The migration could be either inside the province and the nearly province. Rice farmers had used insecticide, chemical fertilizer, herbicide, and plant growth regulator. In 2015, due to the decrease of the price of paddy, the increase of factors of production, drought, the decrease of out of season rice, made the number of farmers and the number of field duck decreased. The result showed from laboratory analysis found no insecticide residues from the field duck layers meat from Lamkhoon village, Hadsorngquar sub-district, Trorn district. So, meat of field duck layers from Uttaradit province is safe to eat.