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  • From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Pesky Tree Rats
  • Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:08:33 -0500

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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