title: Evaluation of secondary poisoning of difethialone, a new second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide to barn owl, Tyto alba Hartert under captivity.
abstract: Secondary toxcity of difethialone to Barn owl (Tyto alba) has been investigated. Difethialone was fed to owls for successive periods of 1 (phase 1), 3 (phase 2) and 6 (phase 3) days via-rodenticide dosed rats. The owls survived after the treament of rodenticide on phase 1 and phase 2 experiments but they died during phase 3 experiment. The results suggest that the difethialone could cause more secondary toxicity to owls.
authors.affiliation: PG & Research Department of Zoology & Wildlife Biology, A.V.C. College (Autonomous), Mannampandal 609 305, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saravanan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kanakasabai
mesh_terms: D015110:4-Hydroxycoumarins / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000633:toxicity; D005260:Female; D009115:Muridae; D012378:Rodenticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D020305:Strigiformes
chemical_list: D015110:4-Hydroxycoumarins; D000925:Anticoagulants; D012378:Rodenticides; C060340:difethialone