Anticoagulant Rodenticides and Wildlife

About this book

Commensal rodents pose health risks and cause substantial damage to property and food supplies. Rats have also invaded islands and pose a serious threat to native wildlife, particularly raptors and seabirds. Estimates of total damage from introduced rats range into the billions of dollars in developed countries. Anticoagulant Rodenticides and Wildlife aims to provide a state-of-the-art overview of the scientific advancements in the assessment of exposure, effects and risks that currently used rodenticides may pose to non-target organisms in the environment, along with practical guidance for characterization of hazards. This will be discussed in relation to their efficacy, and the societal needs for rodent control, and discussion of risk mitigation and development of alternatives.

Contents

1. Anticoagulant Rodenticides and Wildlife: Introduction
2. Use of anticoagulant rodenticides in different applications around the world
3. Anticoagulant rodenticide toxicity to non-target wildlife under controlled exposure conditions
4. Pharmacokinetics of anticoagulant rodenticides in target and non-target organisms
5. Ante-mortem and post-mortem signs of anticoagulant rodenticide toxicosis in birds of prey
6. Primary exposure and effects in non-target animals
7. Secondary exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides and effects on predators
8. Spatial dimensions of the risks of rodenticide use to non-target small mammals and applications in spatially explicit risk modeling
9. Ecological factors driving uptake of anticoagulant rodenticides in predators
10. Development of resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides in rodents
11. An international perspective on the regulation of rodenticides
12. Anticoagulants and risk mitigation
13. Perspectives on existing and potential new alternatives to anticoagulant rodenticides and the implications for integrated pest management
14. Anticoagulant rodenticides and wildlife: concluding remarks

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