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1 January 2017 Mortality of Western Burrowing Owls ( Athene cunicularia hypugaea) Associated with Brodifacoum Exposure
Anne Justice-Allen, Kerrie Anne Loyd
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Abstract

Western Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) frequently occupy periurban areas, where they may be exposed to pest control agents. This short communication describes necropsy findings and detected brodifacoum rodenticide levels for four Western Burrowing Owls in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, US, 2013–15. Levels detected ranged from 0.077 mg/kg to 0.497 mg/kg. Brodifacoum, one of several second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides recently removed from the general consumer market, is still available for use by licensed pesticide applicators. Despite recent regulatory actions, second-generation anticoagulant pesticides continue to threaten predatory species in periurban areas.

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Anne Justice-Allen and Kerrie Anne Loyd "Mortality of Western Burrowing Owls ( Athene cunicularia hypugaea) Associated with Brodifacoum Exposure," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 53(1), 165-169, (1 January 2017). https://doi.org/10.7589/2015-12-321
Received: 1 December 2015; Accepted: 1 July 2016; Published: 1 January 2017
KEYWORDS
brodifacoum
Burrowing Owls
secondary poisoning
second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide
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