Anticoagulant rodenticide uptake in resistant rat populations

Daniells, L., Thorbek, P., Buckle, A., Greener, M. and Prescott, C. (2012) Anticoagulant rodenticide uptake in resistant rat populations. In: 6th SETAC World Congress/SETAC Europe 22nd Annual Meeting, 20-24 May 2012, Estrel Hotel in Berlin, Germany. (Risk assessment, risk management and regulation (extended abstracts part 2))

Abstract/Summary

The use of potent anticogulant rodenticide ‘resistance-breakers’ is avoided due to their higher toxicity and potential to be more hazardous in the environment [6]. However, in areas where practitioners seek to control resistant rodent infestations, their use may pose less of a risk than applications of ineffective baits. Compounds to which rodents are resistant to, do not provide effective control and create a long-term source of AR in the environment. The higher quantities of anticoagulant rodenticide used show that using ineffective compounds may extend both the period and severity of exposure to non-target animals to anticoagulant rodenticides. Conversely the effective use of resistance-breakers to control anticoagulant rodenticide-resistant rat populations results in lower environmental exposure of anticoagulant rodenticides for non-targets. Of course, the relative toxicity of the different anticoagulant rodenticides will also play an important part in overall risk assessments. However, this can be outweighed by the relative exposure to different anticoagulant rodenticides in such situations.

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Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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