Rodenticides are pesticides designed to kill rodents, primarily mice and rats. However, rodents are not the only species that can be poisoned by rodenticides. Practically any mammal, including humans, can suffer severe effects from unintentional exposure
Frederick M. Fishel
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Poisoning with biocidal products before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: report from the Croatian Poison Control Centre [PDF]
Data collected by the Croatian Poison Control Centre (CPCC) in 2020 showed a significant increase in poisoning incidence with surface disinfectants and hand sanitisers compared to the same period in 2019.
Veledar Emin +2 more
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Rodenticides are widely used around the world since the 1950s. In Taiwan, an anti-rodent operation initiated 1977 and became a regular action annually implied by the government until 2014.
Wen-Loung Lin +2 more
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Zinc Phosphide Poisoning in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report From Nepal [PDF]
Zinc phosphide (Zn3P2) poisoning during pregnancy is exceedingly unusual and potentially lethal, with no previously known occurrences globally. We present a 26‐year‐old woman, gravida 2 para 1, at 29 weeks gestation, who took 15 g of Zn3P2 in a suicidal ...
Nabin Pahari +6 more
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Toxic substances in the household - cases of poisoning, therapy, complications
There are many toxic substances used in our houses. Rodent poisons are not the most common group of substances, but cases of poisoning still occur. Long-acting anticoagulant rodenticides, also called superwarfarins, are known for their greater potency ...
Joanna Wilk +6 more
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House mouse (Mus musculus) is a cosmopolitan pest in agricultural facilities, commodity stores and rural and urban environments. It is regularly controlled by anticoagulant-based baits.
Marcela Frankova +2 more
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Farmers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Control Practices of Rodents in an Agricultural Area of Taiwan
Rodents threaten agricultural industries and food security on a global scale. Rodent management practices routinely involve the use of chemical products, mainly anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs).
Ian Nicholas Best +3 more
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Response of wild mus musculus to baits containing essential oils: II bromadiolone and difenacoum baits with 0.75% cinnamon oil tested in storages [PDF]
The effects of 0.75 % concentration of cinnamon essential oil on bait attractiveness and total biological efficacy of bromadiolone and difenacoum rodenticides to the house mouse were tested in practice.
Jokić Goran +6 more
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The Effects of Zinc Phosphide and Brodifacoum on Mitotic Index and Chromosomal Aberrations in Germ Cells of Wild type and Laboratory Mice (Mus Musculus) [PDF]
The genotoxic effects of two wildy used rodenticides in Iraq (Zinc phosphide and Brodifacoum) were studied in wildtype and Balbc mice,by using mitotic index(MI) and chromosomal aberration (CA).
Abbas Abdullah Mohammed, Smail K.Subber
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The Ability of Zinc Phosphide and Brodifacoum to Induce Sperm Head Abnormalities in Wildtype and Laboratory Mice [PDF]
Genotoxic effects of two wildly used rodenticides in Iraq (Zinc phosphate and Brodifacoum) were administered in to the Balbc and wildtype mice, by using sperm head abnormality and reproductive activity.The results showed that the rodenticides have the ...
Abbas A. Mohammad +2 more
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