
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Twigg, LE 
A1  - King, DR 
A1  - Davis, HM 
A1  - Saunders, DA 
A1  - Mead, RJ 
T1  - Tolerance to, and Metabolism of, Fluoroacetate in the Emu
JF  - Wildlife Research
JO  - Wildl. Res.
Y1  - 1988
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
SP  - 239
EP  - 247
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/WR9880239 
N2  - 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. 
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