Borst G H A, Counotte G H M
Animal Health Service, Deventer, The Netherlands.
J Zoo Wildl Med. 2002 Mar;33(1):85. doi: 10.1638/1042-7260(2002)033[0085:SUSGAR]2.0.CO;2.
Second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides can give rise to unexpected casualties in nontarget species in zoos. The first two offspring of a pair of turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) died of brodifacoum toxicosis. The adult birds fed rodenticide-killed mice to their offspring. There are previous case reports of small carnivorous birds (Dacelo novae-guinae and Tockus deckeni) killed eating poisoned (difenacoum and brodifacoum) mice. Even a granivorous species (Rollulus roulroul) died, probably by contamination of its food by cockroaches that transported the rodenticide.
第二代抗凝血灭鼠剂可能会在动物园的非目标物种中引发意外伤亡。一对红头美洲鹫(Cathartes aura)的头两窝雏鸟死于溴敌隆中毒。成年鸟将被灭鼠剂毒死的老鼠喂给了它们的雏鸟。此前有案例报告称,小型食肉鸟类(笑翠鸟和德氏犀鸟)因食用中毒(敌鼠钠和溴敌隆)的老鼠而死亡。甚至一种食谷鸟类(棕尾虹雉)也死亡了,可能是因为其食物被携带灭鼠剂的蟑螂污染。