Acute toxicity of diphacinone in Northern bobwhite: Effects on survival and blood clotting

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1159-1164

  Rattner, Barnett A ^a   Horak, Katherine E ^b   Warner, Sarah E ^a   Johnston, John J ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Birds; Clotting time; Diphacinone; Fibrinogen; Non target effects; Prothrombin time; Russell's Viper venom time; Secondary poisoning; Thrombin clotting time

Indexed keywords

DIPHENADIONE; SNAKE VENOM;

BIOASSAY; BIRD; BLOOD; COAGULATION; DETECTION METHOD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEMATOLOGY; POISONING; POLLUTION EFFECT; PROTEIN; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST; VITAMIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; COLINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LD 50; NONHUMAN; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBIN TIME;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; COLINUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LETHAL DOSE 50; PHENINDIONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENTICIDES;

AVES; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; PHASIANIDAE; VIPERINAE;

EID: 77956183653     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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