[Effect of an anticoagulant rodenticide on the female albino rat with offspring].

S Marchini, P G Turillazzi

Index: Parassitologia 20(1-3) , 59-70, (1978)

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Abstract

Lactating female albino rats have been treated with coumatetralyl rodenticide, having anticoagulant activity. The letal effect on mothers was of 40% (using a maximum concentration of toxic substance) while it was of 54% in offsprings. Among the probable causes of death in offsprings, the authors suggest the hypothesis that an interference in the relationship mother-offsprings is due to the influence of coumatetralyl on parental behavior.