Anticoagulant rodenticide exposure and toxicosis in four species of birds of prey presented to a wildlife clinic in Massachusetts, 2006-2010

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-97

  Murray, Maureen ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant rodenticides; birds of prey; brodifacoum; Massachusetts; toxicosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; RODENTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; RAPTOR;

ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BIRD DISEASES; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; RAPTORS; RODENTICIDES;

ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; MEGASCOPS ASIO; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX VARIA;

EID: 79952846260     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2010-0188.1     Document Type: Article

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