Residues in Brandt's voles (Microtus brandti) exposed to bromadiolone-impregnated baits in Mongolia.
Residues in Brandt's voles (Microtus brandti) exposed to bromadiolone-impregnated baits in Mongolia.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.02.021
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发表时间:
2010-07
影响因子:
6.8
通讯作者:
A. Winters;W. Rumbeiha;S. Winterstein;Amanda E Fine;B. Munkhtsog;G. Hickling
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作者:
A. Winters;W. Rumbeiha;S. Winterstein;Amanda E Fine;B. Munkhtsog;G. Hickling
In 2002, hundreds of non-target wildlife deaths occurred in Mongolia following aerial applications of bromadiolone, an anticoagulant rodenticide, to control eruptive Brandt’s vole (Microtus brandti) populations. To clarify whether secondary poisoning could have contributed to these deaths, a field study was undertaken in Mongolia to measure bromadiolone residues in voles following exposure to two concentrations (50 and 500mg/kg) of bromadiolone-treated wheat. The two treatments produced different total burdens (2.65μg±0.53SE and 13.70μg±3.82SE, respectively) and liver burdens (1.74μg±0.33SE and 8.81μg±2.33SE, respectively) of bromadiolone in voles (both p<0.05). Total burdens of bromadiolone in voles found dead above ground were higher than those of live-trapped voles (32.35μg±17.98SE versus 5.18μg±1.40SE, respectively; p<0.05). These results are valuable for future assessments of secondary poisoning risk to scavengers and predators from large-scale bromadiolone poisoning operations of the type undertaken in Mongolia.