Sentences with phrase «as rodenticide»

Used as a rodenticide and an insecticide, Paris Green was still highly toxic, and may have been responsible for Cézanne's diabetes and Monet's blindness.

Developed in Germany in 1942, ostensibly as a rodenticide but also used to kill human prisoners, Compound 1080 is odorless, has no taste, and is lethal if ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through skin contact.

Another called for eliminating the veterinary drug diclofenac, which kills vultures and other birds, as well as rodenticides, insecticides, and poison bait.

In other parts of the home and garage, we find many other threats to our pets, such as rodenticides and antifreeze.

Not exact matches

Chemical pest control products, such as pesticides, insecticides, rodenticides and fumigates, will need to be put in place to wipe out larger pest problems.

Bioaccumulation, as the process is known, would pass the rodenticide up the food chain, where concentrations increase.

Since spotted owls are endangered, Higley and Gabriel use barred owls as a surrogate — their dietary habits are similar — and infer that up to half of spotted owls near grow sites might be exposed to rodenticide.

«You can argue that the animals that are affected by rodenticide are weaker,» Thompson says, «and that the predation rates on them, as I suspect, are higher.»

A transformative technology such as the daughterless mouse project has the potential to rapidly increase global food production, reduce the use of rodenticides, improve human health and protect biodiversity around the world.

This can happen if there is blood loss, such as following an accident, ingestion of certain rodenticides or due to a bleeding gastric ulcer.

Cats are not as prone to eating things but are commonly seen to treat toxicities for: various ingested plants (lilies are a big one), rodenticide, and exposure to canine flea / tick prevention.

Don't let pets near disinfectants and other chemicals such as ant houses and rodenticides, snow - removing salts, lawn chemicals and, especially, antifreeze.

Chemicals — such as Pival — a rodenticide used to kill rats, are lethal if ingested.

Insecticides / Rodenticides: As with household cleaners, read and follow label instructions before using any type of pesticide in your pet's environment.

Rodenticides As the weather gets colder, mice and rats start seeking shelter in warm locations, in other words, your house!

After major trauma was ruled out via diagnostic imaging techniques such as radiographs and ultrasound, treatment for suspected rodenticide intoxication was initiated immediately by the Livestock Medicine and Surgery Service.

Rodenticides — The baits used to attract and kill rodents smell and taste very good to dogs as well.

Anti-freeze and rodenticide poisonings all increase during the winter as pet owners allow their pets into garages without realizing the dangers their pets are exposed to.

The most common type of rodent poison intoxication seen at the Animal Medical Center is life - threatening hemorrhage caused by anticoagulant rodenticides such as d - CON or Tomcat.

Product samples were tested for Salmonella, metals, furans, pesticides, antibiotics, mycotoxins, rodenticides, nephrotoxins (such as aristolochic acid, maleic acid, paraquat, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, toxic hydrocarbons, melamine and related triazines) and were screened for other chemicals and poisonous compounds.

The type of rodenticide is important as some of them can cause life - threatening problems such as internal bleeding, neurological signs and / or death.

Packard said that gene drives have the potential to avoid limitations and challenges associated with current methods of invasive species removal, such as spreading rodenticide across large areas.

If you must use a rodenticide (versus a live trap etc), consider a long acting anti-coagulant product as they have a readily available antidote that you can obtain from your veterinarian if your pet gets into it (still dangerous, but at least treatable!).

Some of the most common pet toxins include veterinary and human medications, rodenticide, slug and snail bait, antifreeze, chocolate, marijuana, xylitol and plants such as the Sago Palm.

Depending on the type of rodenticide, ingestion can lead to such potentially life - threatening conditions as internal bleeding, seizures, and kidney damage.

The OHS supports safe alternative approaches such as Integrated Pest Management (animal proofing) to the use of rodenticides since the intended purpose of these products is to kill rodents through internal bleeding.

Red - tailed hawks and rodenticides Second - generation anti-coagulant rodenticides (such as the off - the - shelf product D - Con) are harmful to wildlife due to their ability to bioaccumulate.

As they do so, they face the challenge of mitigating for potential non-target impacts on native biodiversity that may be susceptible to rodenticides.