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A review of secondary‐poisoning studies with rodenticides
Author(s) -
JOERMANN G.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2338.1998.tb00717.x
Subject(s) - brodifacoum , predation , toxicology , biology , rodenticide , ecology
Rodenticides can become a danger for predators and scavengers if they prey on dead or moribund rodents. One possibility for assessing the hazard potential is to conduct trials in which poisoned rodents are fed to predators. Over the years, numerous such studies have been carried out with a wide range of carnivorous mammals and birds. Since an internationally recognized standard method only recently came into existence, the studies differ in details of trial procedure. The most significant end point is the mortality rate; in addition, blood clotting response often serves as a biomarker. This review includes studies on brodifacoum, bromadiolone, chlorophacinone, coumatetralyl, difenacoum, flocoumafen, warfarin and zinc phosphide which have been published in the open literature or which have been submitted by industry in the authorization procedure for plant protection products.