Determination of bromadiolone residues in fox faeces by LC/ESI-MS in relationship with toxicological data and clinical signs after repeated exposure

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 664-674

  Sage, Mickaël ^a   Fourel, Isabelle ^b   Cœurdassier, Michaël ^a   Barrat, Jacques ^c   Berny, Philippe ^b   Giraudoux, Patrick ^a  

^a université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^b VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Blood clotting time; Exposure monitoring; Faeces; Liver and blood plasma bromadiolone residues; Second generation anticoagulant rodenticide (SGAR); Secondary poisoning hazard

Indexed keywords

BROMADIOLONE; PHYTOMENADIONE; 4 HYDROXYCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; RODENTICIDE;

BIOMONITORING; CANID; FECES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POISONING; RODENT; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY; TOXIN; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FECES LEVEL; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOX; HEMOSTASIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; TITRIMETRY; TOXICOKINETICS; VOLE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FECES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PROCEDURES; VALIDATION STUDY;

4-HYDROXYCOUMARINS; ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES; FOXES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; RODENTICIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 77956184080     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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