Rodenticide Toxicosis: Critical Updates!

Most veterinarians have felt comfortable treating mouse and rat poisoning in the past. The most common type was an anticoagulant rodenticide (ACR), which has an antidote (Vitamin K1). ACRs typically contain the active ingredients brodifacoum (commonly found in d-CON™), bromadiolone (commonly found in Tomcat™), difenacoum, and difethialone. In general, the prognosis for ACR toxicosis is excellent to good with supportive care and antidote therapy. However, recent mandates by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that were initiated in 2011 and finalized in May 2014 now dramatically change all this.
Source: Advances in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery - Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Tags: Guest Editorial Source Type: research