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Rodenticides are chemicals made and sold for the purpose of killing rodents. While commonly referred to as "rat poison", rodenticides are also used to kill mice, woodchucks, chipmunks, porcupines, nutria, beavers, [1] and voles. [2] Some rodenticides are lethal after one exposure while others require more than one.
It addresses the acute toxicity of agents such as soil fumigants, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, miticides, molluscicides, nematicides, or rodenticides. General considerations [ edit ]
"Garden guns" are smooth-bore guns specifically made to fire .22 caliber snake shot or 9mm Flobert shot-shells, and are commonly used by gardeners and farmers for pest control. They are short range weapons that can do little harm at distances greater than 15 to 20 m (49 to 66 ft), and are quiet when fired with snake shot, compared to standard ...
Rodenticide - an agent that kills rodents (especially rats and mice). Scabicide – a chemical agent for killing scabies. Spermicide – a contraceptive agent to render sperm inert and prevent fertilization of an egg. Teniacide (also taeniacide, tenicide) – a chemical agent that kills tape worms.
The levels of rodenticides might have impaired Barry's flying and ability to dodge the moving truck. Barry, Central Park owl killed by truck, had 'potentially lethal' levels of rat poison in ...
Brodifacoum is a highly lethal 4-hydroxycoumarin vitamin K antagonist anticoagulant poison.In recent years, it has become one of the world's most widely used pesticides.It is typically used as a rodenticide, but is also used to control larger pests such as possums.
The NGO Mouse-Free Marion has a plan to eradicate the mice using 600 tons of potent rodenticides dropped across the island by helicopters over several months. Image credits: Tom Peschak.
Similar to other rodenticides, the preparation requires 3–7 days to be effective. Rather than killing rodents through internal haemorrhaging as anticoagulants do, [9] PCC affects a rodent’s digestive system, causing acute dehydration due to its extremely absorptive nature (corn cob has been used in applications such as oil spills in water bodies, seed drying and de-icing). [10]