Maureen Murray, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice)
Dr. Maureen Murray is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine…
Dr. Maureen Murray is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine…
Why is this bird bleeding? Anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in birds of prey has been documented in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Anticoagulant rodenticides have been commonly used over the past decades for control of rodent populations and these rodenticides can cause toxicosis in birds of prey via consumption of poisoned prey.
Anticoagulant rodenticides are divided into two categories: first generation rodenticides like warfarin and second generation rodenticides, such as brodifacoum. Second generation anticoagulant rodenticides are more toxic and also have…