Wildlife poisoning is an important conservation threat for endangered species in India. There are no publications in the scientific literature that identify the specific poisons or chemicals involved in wildlife poisoning cases from the state of Kerala. In this report, all cases of wildlife mortality recorded between 2011 and 2013 at the office of the Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer, Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala were reviewed and cases where poisoning was considered as a differential diagnosis were identified. Specific poisons or chemicals were identified in three cases, while in a fourth, poisoning was determined to have occurred based on physical traces of the poison in gut contents. The poisons identified include carbofuran (a carbamate pesticide) in a bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata), warfarin (a rodenticide) in a mortality event involving four wild boars (Sus scrofa), endosulfan (an organochlorine pesticide) toxicity in a gaur (Bos gaurus) and imidacloprid (a neonicotinoid pesticide) toxicity in a wild adult Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). This communication thus reports for the first time on the specific chemical compounds identified in wildlife poisoning cases from Kerala state and argues for greater regulation of the sale and use of such toxic compounds in India.

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印度南部喀拉拉邦关于野生生物中毒案件的注释。

野生动物中毒是印度濒危物种的重要保护威胁。科学文献中没有出版物能够确定喀拉拉邦野生动植物中毒案件中涉及的特定毒物或化学物质。在此报告中，审查了2011年至2013年在喀拉拉邦Periyar Tiger Reserve的助理森林兽医官办公室记录的所有野生动植物死亡病例，并确定了将中毒视为鉴别诊断的病例。在三起案件中确定了特定的毒物或化学物质，而在第四起案件中，根据肠道内容物中毒物的物理痕迹确定发生了中毒。所识别的毒物包括引擎盖猕猴（Macaca radiata）中的呋喃丹（一种氨基甲酸酯农药）。），华法林（一种灭鼠剂）的死亡事件涉及四只野猪（Sus scrofa），硫丹（一种有机氯杀虫剂）对高卢的毒性（Bos gaurus）和吡虫啉（一种新烟碱类农药）对野生亚洲成年象（Elephas）的毒性maximus）。因此，该来信首次报道了喀拉拉邦野生动植物中毒案件中发现的特定化学化合物，并主张对印度这类有毒化合物的销售和使用进行更严格的监管。