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Machine generated contents note: 1.An overview of the chemistry, manufacture, environmental fate and detection of carbofuran / Ngaio Richards -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.The chemistry and mode of action of carbofuran -- 1.3.Manufacture and formulation of carbofuran -- 1.4.Carbofuran in the environmen...

Contents note continued: 2.5.Physiological effects and signs of intoxication -- 2.6.Physical field evidence and necropsy findings in poisonings due to AChE inhibiting compounds with special emphasis on carbofuran -- 2.7.Chemical and biochemical diagnosis of a carbofuran kill -- 2.8.Rehabilitation of...

Contents note continued: 3.3.Measuring the conservation threat that deliberate poisoning poses to birds in Kenya: The case of pesticide hunting with Furadan in the Bunyala Rice Irrigation Scheme / Martin Odino -- 3.3.1.Introduction -- 3.3.2.Methodology -- 3.3.3.Results of the study -- 3.3.4.Discussi...

Contents note continued: 3.6.1.Survey result -- 3.6.2.Analysis of environmental sample -- 3.6.3.Conclusions of the study -- 3.7.Repercussions of pesticides (including carbofuran) on nontarget, beneficial insects and use of insects in forensic analyses in Kenya / Dino J. Martins -- 3.7.1.Studies on n...

Contents note continued: 4.2.Conservation measures and human-wildlife conflicts -- 4.3.Types of human-wildlife conflict -- 4.4.Regulation and management of human-wildlife conflict -- 4.5.Use of carbofuran in India -- 4.6.Use of carbofuran in relation to other compounds -- 4.7.Diagnosing carbofuran p...

Contents note continued: 5.Regulation of carbofuran and its use to poison wildlife in the European Union and the rest of Europe -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Intentional poisoning of piscivorous species and other wildlife with carbofuran in the Czech Republic / Vaclav Hlavac -- 5.2.1.Introduction -- 5....

Contents note continued: 5.4.2.Initiatives underway to generate awareness, about, and monitor incidents of, carbofuran-related wildlife mortality in Austria -- 5.4.3.Toxicological analysis of wildlife carcasses in Austria -- 5.4.4.Conclusions -- 5.5.Use of specialised canine units to detect poisoned...

Contents note continued: 5.7.Leisure-based human-wildlife conflicts arising from the introduction of game species and repercussions to vultures across Croatia / Gordana Pavokovic -- 5.7.1.Introduction -- 5.7.2.Past registration and current use in Croatia -- 5.7.3.The use of carbofuran as a poison in...

Contents note continued: 6.3.The effect of carbofuran poisoning and other illegal persecution methods on raptor populations in Scotland / Ruth E. Tingay -- 6.4.A landowner's perspective on wildlife poisoning in Scotland / Douglas McAdam -- 6.5.Monitoring carbofuran abuse in Scotland / Michael J. Tay...

Contents note continued: Acknowledgements -- References -- 8.Impacts of carbofuran on birds in Canada and the United States / Stella McMillin -- 8.1.Introduction and short registration history of carbofuran in North America -- 8.2.Impacts from the sandcore (silica) granular formulations -- 8.2.1.Sup...

Contents note continued: 9.Conclusions, recommendations and the way forward / Ngaio Richards -- 9.1.Wildlife mortality stemming from intentional misuse and legal/labelled use of carbofuran -- 9.2.Overall recommendations and the way forward -- 9.2.1.Address and mitigate the root causes of human-wildl...