Low secondary risks for captive coyotes from a sodium nitrite toxic bait for invasive wild pigs

Low secondary risks for captive coyotes from a sodium nitrite toxic bait for invasive wild pigs

ABSTRACT An acute toxic bait is being developed to deliver micro‐encapsulated sodium nitrite (SN) to stimulate severe methemoglobinemia and humane death for invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa), thereby providing a new tool for reducing their populations. During April 2016, we evaluated sensitivity to SN...

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Main Authors: Nathan P. Snow, Katherine E. Horak, Simon T. Humphrys, Linton D. Staples, David G. Hewitt, Kurt C. VerCauteren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-09-01
Series:Wildlife Society Bulletin
Subjects:
feral swine
nontarget risk
pesticide
Sus scrofa
toxicant
wild boar
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.984

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https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.984

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