Pesticide Poisoning Report 2011 - SASA

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Table 1: Number of incidents investigated in 2011abcSampleclassification aIncidentsInvestigatedIncidentsinvolvingpesticides bCategorisedincidents cIncidentswith otherknown causeof death orillnessVertebrate wildlife 177 84 17 100Livestock 1 1 1 0Companion animals 35 6 5 2Honey bees 5 0 0 2Bait, chemical orparaphernalia15 3 2 Not applicableTOTAL 233 94 25 104Where single incidents involved submission of several sample types – the sample was simply classifiedby the first named specimen.All incidents including those involving veterinary medicines and ethylene glycol.Incidents involving ethylene glycol and veterinary drugs only were not assigned to a WIIS category.A list of the pesticides and other chemicals detected during 2011 is presented in Table2.Table 2: Identity and frequency of pesticides detected in incidents andassociated sample typesChemicalNumberof Sample type apositiveincidentsaldicarb 3 bait, buzzard, cataldicarb sulfoxide b 3 bait, buzzard, catbendiocarb 2 raven, red kitebrodifacoum 26 buzzard, dog, fox, red kite, sea eagle,sparrowhawk, tawny owlbromadiolone 61 bait, barn owl, buzzard, dog, fox, golden eagle,kestrel, otter, peregrine falcon, rabbit, red kite,sparrowhawk, tawny owlcarbofuran 9 buzzard, chemical, golden eagle, raven, red kite,sparrowhawkchloralose 2 bait, buzzard, crow, paraphernalia, red kitecoumatetralyl 4 fox, peregrine falcon, tawny owldiazinon 1 chemicaldifenacoum 34 buzzard, fox, red kite, sea eagle, sparrowhawkdimetridazole 1 chemicalethylene glycol 1 catmetaldehyde 1 cattle5
abChemicalNumberof Sample type apositiveincidentsmethiocarb 1 dognovocaine 1 chemicaloxytetracycline 1 chemicalpenicillin G 1 chemicalstrychnine 1 bait, peregrine falconAn individual incident may have involved submission of multiple sample types and/or detection of morethan one pesticide.Aldicarb sulfoxide is a metabolite of aldicarbTable 3 contains details of the variety and number of specimens tested by SASAPesticides & Wildlife Branch and the number where pesticide residues were detected.The presence of a pesticide residue does not imply pesticide poisoning was the causeof death.Table 3: Species and number tested (including detected residues) in 2011Species or sample type6Number tested(residue detected)Mammals - wildlifeBadger 2 (0)Fox 46 (36)Mole 1 (0)Otter 1 (1)Rabbit 1 (0)Rat 1 (0)Squirrel - red 2 (0)BirdsBuzzard 60 (26)Eagle - golden 7 (1)Eagle - sea 7 (3)Goshawk 2 (0)Kestrel 4 (1)Merlin 1 (0)Owl - barn 2 (1)Owl – long-eared 1 (0)Owl – short-eared 1 (0)Owl - tawny 9 (4)Peregrine falcon 4 (3)Red kite 17 (11)Sparrowhawk 15 (8)
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Page 4 and 5: PESTICIDE POISONINGOF ANIMALS IN 20
Page 6 and 7: SUMMARYThe Wildlife Incident Invest
Page 8 and 9: and Environment Protection Act 1985
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