[NAFEX] Pesky Tree Rats
Lucky Pittman
lucky.pittman at murraystate.edu
Tue Apr 5 10:08:33 EDT 2005
At 07:52 PM 4/3/2005, Steve wrote:
>There's a rodent poison called Rampage. It's active ingredient is vitamin
>D3, which causes rapid and fatal hardening of the arteries is rodents, and
>only rodents. Non-rodents eating rodents killed by Rampage would not be
>harmed.
But, be aware that non-rodents eating Rampage(or any of the other Vit D
analog rodenticides) would experience the same increased calcium
absorption/mobilization and mineralization of tissues. I've seen several
puppies that dined on the D3 analogs with pretty impressive mineralization
of renal(kidney) tubules, lung, and gastric mucosa.
Louis L. "Lucky" Pittman, Jr., DVM
Veterinary Pathologist/ Dept. Chairman
Murray St. Univ.-Breathitt Veterinary Ctr.
Hopkinsville, KY
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