Present and future of a new rodenticide within the European Union
Bromethalin
Abstract
In the broad field of rodenticides, Bromethalin is a molecule quite unknown in the European Union. However, it is very common and known to American veterinary professionals. With high toxicity (since it has been designed to be effective at a single dose), it generates both primary and secondary intoxications in animals, which the veterinarian must be able to identify, in order to establish an effective therapy as quickly as possible. In this sense, the clinical symptoms depend on the dose ingested, varying from an eminently stimulant form to a mainly depressive one. Although this molecule is still banned in the majority of the European Union, the recent restrictions on anticoagulant rodenticides may foster the authorization of Bromethalin. Therefore, this article reviews this substance, with special emphasis on its mechanism of action and the symptoms it causes, providing current data that may be useful for the clinical veterinarian.
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