Short-term effects of tartar emetic on re-sighting rates of migratory songbirds in the non-breeding season

Johnson, Matthew D.; Ruthrauff, Daniel R.; Jones, Joshua G.; Tietz, James R.; Robinson, Jennifer

doi:10.1648/0273-8570-73.2.191

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“…Poulin and Lefebvre 1995;Robert et al 1997;Johnson et al 2002). No side effects of the method were observed by me and no negative symptoms directly after single or multiple administration of the emetic were recorded.…”

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Forced regurgitation with tartar emetic as an effective and safe method to study diet composition in hooded crow nestlings

Zduniak

2005

Eur J Wildl Res

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Forced regurgitation with tartar emetic as an effective and safe method to study diet composition in hooded crow nestlings Abstract The effectiveness of tartar emetic in causing forced regurgitation was tested in hooded crow (Corvus corone cornix) nestlings from a protected area in western Poland. Tartar emetic was highly effective in causing regurgitation. In 84 of 98 cases (85.7%), nestlings responded by vomiting reflexes, producing 81 food samples (82.6% of all cases). After the procedure no bird was observed to develop negative symptoms. Survival of the birds subjected to forced regurgitation was higher than in the control group (no emetic), which is probably related to the administration of glucose to the birds after enforced regurgitation. Even repeated administration of tartar emetic was without negative effects on the nestlings. The use of tartar emetic does not require frequent visits at the nests, limiting the probability of cannibalistic behaviour and nest predation.

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“…Some, however, reported a low death rate of <3% (Poulin and Lefebvre 1995;Johnson et al 2002). Mortality caused by emetics can, however, be high, depending on the species involved, the dosage applied, and stress during handling (Rosenberg and Cooper 1990).…”

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Forced regurgitation with tartar emetic as an effective and safe method to study diet composition in hooded crow nestlings

Zduniak

2005

Eur J Wildl Res

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“…The birds were placed in a cardboard box for 30 min and then released. This method allowed diet analysis with low mortality rates (Robinson and Holmes, 1982;Poulin et al 1994abc, Mallet-Rodrigues et al 1997, but see Jonson et al (2001). All the birds induced to regurgitate survived to release, and two of them were recaptured.…”

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Diet and prey availability of terrestrial insectivorous birds prone to extinction in amazonian forest fragments

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Cohn‐Haft

Dias

2010

Braz. arch. biol. technol.

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“…For example, Johnson et al. () reported significantly lower resighting rates of treated than untreated birds for three species of warblers (61.5% vs. 13.2%), whereas Poulin et al. (), Durães and Marini (), and Carlisle and Holberton () found no significant differences between return rates of treated and untreated birds.…”

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“…Despite being effective at inducing regurgitation (60.5–89.8% of treated birds; Poulin and Lefebvre , Johnson et al. , Durães and Marini , Lopes et al. , Carlisle and Holberton , Diamond et al.…”

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Apomorphine as an emetic for insectivorous songbirds: effectiveness and post-release effects on survival and mass change

2014

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Emetics can be used to obtain food samples from birds, but they can harm birds during or after treatment. Studies to date suggest that apomorphine is a safe emetic for songbirds, but information is needed about possible post‐release deleterious effects. From March to July 2012, we collected food samples from insectivorous songbirds using apomorphine. We treated 67 Moustached Warblers (Acrocephalus melanopogon), 56 Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus scirpaceus), 15 Great Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus), and 12 Savi's Warblers (Locustella luscinoides). Effectiveness in inducing regurgitation was high (76.7%) and varied among species, being significantly more effective with Reed Warblers (91.1%). No birds died during treatment. To check for possible post‐release negative effects, we considered 53 treated Moustached Warblers and 37 treated Reed Warblers and selected an equal number of untreated individuals (simply captured, banded, and measured). We found no support for differences in survival or recapture probabilities between treated and untreated birds of either species within 21 d after administering apomorphine. We calculated body mass changes of all Moustached Warblers subsequently recaptured (within 21 d) and found no difference between treated (N = 8) and untreated (N = 22) birds, suggesting normal foraging activity after release. Our results suggest that apomorphine is a safe emetic, with no negative effect on survival at least in the short term. The effectiveness of apomorphine with insectivorous songbirds in our study contrasts with the results of some previous studies and confirms the differences in effectiveness among different taxa of songbirds. As with differences in effectiveness among species in our study, this variability in sensitivity to the emetic could be caused by morphological and physiological differences among different taxa.

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Short-term effects of tartar emetic on re-sighting rates of migratory songbirds in the non-breeding season

Cited by 16 publications

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Forced regurgitation with tartar emetic as an effective and safe method to study diet composition in hooded crow nestlings

Forced regurgitation with tartar emetic as an effective and safe method to study diet composition in hooded crow nestlings

Diet and prey availability of terrestrial insectivorous birds prone to extinction in amazonian forest fragments

Apomorphine as an emetic for insectivorous songbirds: effectiveness and post-release effects on survival and mass change

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