Nutria, Myocastor coypus, populations must be reduced when they cause substantial wetland damage. Control can include the rodenticide zinc phosphide, but the potential impacts to American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis, must be assessed. The mean amount of zinc phosphide per nutria found in nutria carcasses was 50 mg. Risk assessment determined that a conservative estimate for maximum e...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES ZCL is a growing threat in many rural areas of Iran which involves 17 out of 31 provinces. This study was conducted from April to November 2011 for evaluation of the efficacy of phostoxin and zinc phosphide against rodents. METHODS Rodent control operations were carried out using phostoxin and zinc phosphide. To evaluate the effect of rodent control operation on the ma...

Adult male and female albino rats (R. norvegicus) were administered rodenticide, zinc phosphide ranging from 4, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.25 and 0.125% in the diet containing 10(A), 17(B) and 24%(C) protein. Zinc phosphide induced 100% mortality at 4, 2, 1, 0.5% in diet A; 4 and 2% in diet B; and 4% in diet C. The results reveal influence of dietary protein in modulating the toxicity of zinc phosphide, sugg...

Field study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of formulated baits of 0.005% brodifacoum, 0.0375% coumatetralyl, 0.005% bromethalin and 2% zinc phosphide against field rats inhabiting sugarcane crop. The efficacy was calculated on the criterion of reduction in rodent activity, damaged canes and yield of harvested canes. After five applications of baits, the rodent activity reduced to 9...

Zinc Phosphide is an inorganic chemical that is used to control rats, mice, voles, ground squirrels, prairie dogs, nutria, muskrats, feral rabbits and gophers.1 Zinc Phosphide doses of the order of 4000 to 5000 mg have been fatal. It can enter the blood stream causes pulmonary oedema and severe liver, kidney, CNS, and myocardial injury.2 Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis is an inability to maximall...

background: zoonotic   cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) is an increasing health problems in many rural areas of iran. the aim of this study was to introduce a new alternative rodenticide to control the reservoirs of zcl, its effect on the vector density and the incidence of the disease in hyperendemic focus of esfa­han county, central iran. methods: the study was carried out from january 2011 to j...

The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa) is a fossorial rodent species endemic to the Pacific Northwest and portions of California. This herbivore inflicts millions of dollars of damage annually to forest seedling plantations. Currently, extensive trapping prior to planting is the most reliable method for reducing damage. With increasing restrictions placed on trapping, forest resource managers ne...

Gambian giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) are native to Africa, but they are popular in the pet industry in the United States. They were reservoir hosts during a monkeypox outbreak in the Midwestern United States in 2003. A free-ranging population became established on Grassy Key in the Florida Keys, apparently because of a release by a pet breeder. These rodents could cause significant...

Gambian giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) are native to Africa, but they are popular in the pet industry in the United States. They were reservoir hosts during a monkeypox outbreak in the Midwestern United States in 2003. A free-ranging population became established on Grassy Key in the Florida Keys, apparently because of a release by a pet breeder. These rodents could cause significant...