Effect of Two Different Rodenticides on Serum
Biochemistry of House Rats (Rattus
Rattus)
S. Naz*, S. A. Rana, M. Javed and
Khalil-ul-Rehman1
Department of Zoology and Fisheries, University of Agriculture,
Faisalabad; 1Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, University
of Agriculture,
Faisalabad,
Pakistan
*Corresponding author:
shabanapervez2003@hotmail.com
Abstract
This study was conducted to compared the serum
biochemical parameters of the Rattus
rattus as influenced by feeding two different rodenticides i.e., brodifacoum
and food energy inhibitor (cellulose). The experiment was conducted on total 42
rats which were divided equally into 3 groups. One group was fed brodifacoum
while the other was fed cellulose. The third group served as a control. Both the
groups were fed with the calculated amount of brodifacoum and cellulose for 14
days. At the end of experiment, rats of all the three groups were killed and
blood was collected to obtain serum. Significantly low feed intake was recorded
in food energy inhibitor fed group. Serum was analyzed for glucose, alanine
aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), Triiodothyronine (T3)
and Thyroxine (T4). It was observed that serum glucose and T3
were significantly low (p<0.05) in brodifacom fed group while ALT and T4
were significantly high (p<0.05) in brodifacom fed rats. The biochemical
comparison of these rodenticides provides useful information regarding the
controlling strategy of Rattus rattus.