Acceptance by stoats (Mustela erminea) of 1080 (sodium monofluoroacetate) in small-volume baits and its effect on behaviour and time to death

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 350-356

  Potter, M A ^a   Barrett, D P ^a   King, C M ^b,c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

1080; Animal welfare; Behaviour; Intoxication; Mustela erminea; Pest control; Sodium monofluoroacetate; Stoat

Indexed keywords

DRUG RESIDUE; FLUOROACETIC ACID; RODENTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESIDUES; FEMALE; FLUOROACETATES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSTELIDAE; RODENTICIDES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA ERMINEA;

EID: 33846071004     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2006.36723     Document Type: Article

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