
%0 Journal Article
%A Twigg, LE 
%A King, DR 
%A Davis, HM 
%A Saunders, DA 
%A Mead, RJ 
%T Tolerance to, and Metabolism of, Fluoroacetate in the Emu
%J Wildlife Research
%D 1988/05/01
%V 15
%N 3
%P 239-247
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/WR9880239
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WR9880239 
%X Compared with most other birds, the emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae Vieillot, has unusually high tolerance to fluoroacetate (1080). The LD*5O for emus with evolutionary exposure to fluoroacetatebearing 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. 
