Tolerance to, and metabolism of, fluoroacetate in the Emu
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Twigg, L.E., King, D.R., Davis, H.M., Saunders, D.A. and Mead, R.J. (1988) Tolerance to, and metabolism of, fluoroacetate in the Emu. Wildlife Research, 15 (3). pp. 239-247.
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Abstract
Compared with most other birds, the emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae Vieillot, has unusually high tolerance to fluoroacetate (1080). The LD5o for emus with evolutionary exposure to fluoroacetate- bearing vegetation in the south-west of Western Australia was 102 mg of 1080 per kilogram. This tolerance appears to result from: the substantial capacity of emus to detoxify fluoroacetate by defluorination; the limited conversion of fluoroacetate into fluorocitrate by emus; and/or their possession of an aconitate hydratase which is relatively insensitive to fluorocitrate.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Murdoch Affiliation: | School of Environmental and Life Sciences |
| Publisher: | CSIRO Publishing |
| Copyright: | © 1988, CSIRO. |
| URI: | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/31601 |
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