Effect of supplementary feeding of vitamin K1 on difethialone treated Indian gerbil, Tatera indica Hardwicke in laboratory.
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2004-03-06
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Two dosages (1 and 2 mg/kg) of vitamin K1 supplementation for 5 and 15 days were given to Indian gerbil T. indica fed on difethialone bait (0.0025%) for one day. The results indicated that the lower dosage could not reverse the anticoagulation process, however the period of mortality was considerably increased from 3-9 days (in control) to 5-14 days (5 days supplementation regime). Subsequently when the vitamin K1 dosage was doubled and given for 15 days, there was 100% reversal of anticoagulation process and all the test gerbils became normal within a month of poisoning with difethialone bait.
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Chaudhary V, Tripathi RS, Poonia FS. Effect of supplementary feeding of vitamin K1 on difethialone treated Indian gerbil, Tatera indica Hardwicke in laboratory. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 2004 Mar; 42(3): 297-302