Does anybody know of a "Mollusca List", where I could send my query
to? ("Conch-L "seems to be out of function).....
Werner
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Dear colleagues,
Being a primarily small-mammal ecologist, ethologist, involved in
conservational issues, but ignorant of toxicology, I would like to
ask the Ecolog-L list for help on the following issue:
As I have learned, several molluscicides (in form of "slug pellets")
are on the market and /or in developement. Methaldehyde or Methiocarb
seem to be common compounds. This "slug-poison" (as from the few
literature references I have gathered), is also toxic to small
mammals (rodents such as Apodemus sp., shrews, hedgehoges and
possibly moles). The slug-pellets will either be ingested by the
mammal predator directly or just by consuming the slug where the
poison adheres to the mucuos. Secondary poisoning?
I would be most grateful for any references, experiences, links,
contacts, or literature /references ...
Don't want to bother the list with slugs, so please, if your mail is
not for discussion, send files directly and off-list to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you very much in advance!!!
Werner
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Dr. Werner Haberl
Former Chair Insectivore SG, SSC, IUCN
Hamburgerstrasse 11/17
A-1050 Vienna, Austria
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