Shortfalls using second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides.
Second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides can give rise to unexpected casualties in nontarget species in zoos. The first two offspring of a pair of turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) died of brodifacoum toxicosis. The adult birds fed rodenticide-killed mice to their offspring. There are previous case reports of small carnivorous birds (Dacelo novae-guinae and Tockus deckeni) killed eating poisoned (difenacoum and brodifacoum) mice. Even a granivorous species (Rollulus roulroul) died, probably by contamination of its food by cockroaches that transported the rodenticide.
Borst
G H A
GH
Animal Health Service, Deventer, The Netherlands.
Counotte
G H M
GH
D015110:4-Hydroxycoumarins / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D000821:Animal Feed / Q000506:poisoning; D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D001717:Birds; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D009115:Muridae; D011041:Poisoning / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D020304:Raptors; D012378:Rodenticides / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*
D015110:4-Hydroxycoumarins; D000925:Anticoagulants; D012378:Rodenticides; C013418:bromfenacoum; C012903:difenacoum