Avicide

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As an avicide [lat. avis = bird and Latin caedere (in combinations -cidere ) = to kill] is a chemical substance that is used to kill (harmful) birds . The use of avicides is nowadays severely restricted or prohibited by legal regulations in Germany and many other countries. Substances that repel the birds ( repellants ) or that trigger reactions in individual animals that are capable of driving away the entire flock serve as substitutes .

Examples of avicides:

  • Strychnine
  • Anthraquinone
  • 3-chloro-4-methylaniline . The hydrochloride CPTH (3-chloro- p -toluidine hydrochloride) derived from it is common in the USA under the trade name Starlicide . These substances are toxic to starlings and gulls, but less toxic to mammals.
  • 4-aminopyridine , in the USA under the tradename Avitrol . Avitrol is also toxic to fish and highly toxic to mammals and is therefore only approved for use in the USA to a limited extent.
  • Chloralose , a chlorinated acetal derivative of glucose , also known as rodenticide is used
  • In the past, highly concentrated preparations of parathion ( E 605 ) in diesel oil were also used, which were sprayed from aircraft over the breeding colonies of the birds.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Entry on avicides. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on May 3, 2014.