Rodenticide
Rodenticides are chemicals made and sold for the purpose of killing rodents.[1] Even though they are also used to kill other rodents, they are commonly called rat poison. Rodenticides are also used to kill mice, woodchucks, chipmunks, porcupines, nutria, beavers,[2] and voles.[3]
Some rodenticides are lethal after one exposure while others require more than one. Rodents are suspicious towards unknown food.This suspicion may be an adaptation to their inability to vomit.[4] They prefer to sample, wait and observe whether it makes them or other rats sick.[5][6] This phenomenon of poison shyness is the reason why some poisons kill only after multiple doses.
Many rodenticides are directly toxic to the mammals that swallow them, including dogs, cats, and humans, They also present a secondary poisoning risk to animals that hunt or scavenge the dead corpses of rats.[7]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Buckle, Alan (2000). "Rodenticides". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. doi:10.1002/14356007.a23_211. ISBN 3-527-30673-0.
- ↑ "Rodenticides".
- ↑ Mark E. Tobin (1993). Vole Management in Fruit Orchards. U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. pp. 11–.
- ↑ Kapoor, Harit; Lohani, Kush Raj; Lee, Tommy H.; Agrawal, Devendra K.; Mittal, Sumeet K. (2015-07-27). "Animal Models of Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma-Past, Present, and Future". Clinical and Translational Science. 8 (6). Wiley: 841–847. doi:10.1111/cts.12304. PMC 4703452. PMID 26211420.
- ↑ "Smithsonian: Why rodents can't throw up". Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ↑ "How do rats choose what to eat?".
- ↑ "Rodenticides".
