General principles of safety and efficiency evaluation of deratization means applied on the objects of veterinary supervision

Abstract

The problem of deratization at veterinary surveillance facilities, including husbandry buildings, where most of rats and mice are concentrated, is very topical, because rodents are carriers of more than 200 different infectious and invasive diseases that are common at people and animals. Nowadays rodenticides were excluded from the group of medicines, which circulation is regulated by the state, in accordance with 61-FL «About the circulation of medical products», and sometimes results of research of rodenticides, offering for application in veterinary practice, do not have all necessary data proving their biological effectiveness and safety. Considering that rodenticides are highly toxic poisons not only for rodents but very dangerous for other warm-blooded species, including human, the main condition for its using is prevention of possible toxic effect on people, animals and environment. To ensure the unity of requirements and the comparability of the results requires a certain order of scientific research with using modern standardized methods and criteria for a comprehensive assessment of biological effectiveness and safety of rodenticides, which are used on objects of veterinary surveillance.