Assessment of snail exposure to the anticoagulant rodenticide brodifacoum in the Galapagos Islands

Abstract

Past studies failed to explicitly test the effect of inert ingredients on land snails. Thus, the main objectives of the study are to: (1) test various bait formulations to identify which component(s) of the baits are responsible for any mortality that might be observed in land snails, and (2) review and synthesize the literature on experimental toxicity tests of bait-based rodenticides on terrestrial molluscs