Alternative To Rat Poison
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Author: Darry J.Oswald Mechanical rat traps are one possible alternative to poisons;
another alternative is to buy a cat, although cats capable of
dealing with rats are relatively rare; in many cultures,
hunting dogs have been used instead. Both of these methods have
a disadvantage of being comparatively messy, a particular
problem when the building with a rat problem is to be
uninhabited for some months. Anticoagulants have the advantage
that their first effect is dehydration from blood loss, causing
the unfortunate rodent to leave the building in search of water.
Newer rodenticides have been developed to work with by reducing
the sperm count in males to deprive them of the ability to
procreate rather than to kill rodents outright. They are
usually administered in the breeding seasons of most rodents.
ABOUT THOSE SERINE PROTEASES:
Clotting factors are identified by number and the serine
proteases (also called K-dependent factors for reasons which
are about to become clear) are factors II, VII, IX, and X.
These factors are produced in an inactive state by the liver
and go happily circulating through the bloodstream awaiting
activation. When a vessel tears and it becomes necessary to
form a clot, these factors are activated in a process that
requires Vitamin K (a fat soluble vitamin not as famous as its
fat-soluble cousins Vitamins A and E). As the clotting factors
are activated, Vitamin K is inactivated but later recycled by
another set of enzymes to be ready to participate in clotting
factor activation again later.
As long as there is plenty of Vitamin K, the serine proteases
can be activated and clotting can proceed normally.
The anticoagulant rodenticides abolish Vitamin K recycling.
This means that as soon as one's active Vitamin K reserves are
depleted, there can be no meaningful blood clotting.
In cases of poisoning one would expect symptoms to be nearly
immediate but in the case of anticoagulant rodenticide
poisoning, it takes several days to deplete Vitamin K. After
that, even the smallest of jostles and traumas can lead to
life-threatening bleeds.
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