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An avicide is any substance (normally, a chemical) which can be used to kill birds.
Birds of prey are the most affected because they are at the end of the food chain and toxins accumulate.
Commonly used avicides include strychnine, DRC-1339 (3-chloro-4-methylaniline hydrochloride, Starlicide) and CPTH (3-chloro-p-toluidine, the free base of Starlicide), and Avitrol (4-aminopyridine). Chloralose is also used as an avicide. In the past, highly concentrated formulations of parathion in diesel oil were also used, applied by aircraft spraying over the nesting colonies of the birds. It is impossible to minimize risk from avicides for non-targets species. [1]
See also
- Bird kill
References
- ^ Wegler, R.: Chemie der Pflanzenschutz- und Schädlingsbekämpfungsmittel, Band 1, Springer, 1970 (german) ISBN 0-387-04782-4
External links
- 4-Aminopyridine
- Exposure of nontarget birds to DRC-1339 avicide in fall baited sunflower fields
- BIOONE Online Journals - BIOONE Online Journals Access Control
- E554-95 Guide for Use and Development of Strychnine as an Avicide (Withdrawn 2000)
- IngentaConnect DRC-1339 avicide fails to protect ripening sunflowers
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