Bendiocarb poisoning in birds and a dog

✍ Scribed by D. J. Humphreys; J. B. J. Stodulski

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 182 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0260-437X
• DOI: 10.1002/jat.2550010612

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

An incident involving the poisoning of sparrows, blackbirds and a dog in the garden of a block of flats in London is described. An aluminium foil tray and bread recovered from the garden were shown to contain the carbamate insecticide bendiocarb. The gastrointestinal tract contents of the birds contained a cholinesterase‐inhibiting material which behaved in the same manner as bendiocarb on thin layer chromatography. The clinical signs shown by the dog and the presence of bendiocarb in the bread it consumed are consistent with it having died as a result of bendiocarb poisoning. The use of concentrated preparations containing this material for the illegal killing of urban birds has not been described previously. The source of the preparation used, which is not freely available to the public, was not established.