LD50 of 1080
The term LD50 refers to the amount of poison that, under controlled conditions, would be a lethal dose for 50 percent of test animals of a particular species.
The value is expressed for a single dose. It is the number of milligrams of the substance per kilogram of body weight. The LD50 does not indicate how long an animal takes to die.
Factors affecting LD50:
- values may vary with age, sex and nutritional status
- many native animals in western and central Australia have a higher tolerance to 1080 than similar species in eastern Australia, due to differences in their exposure to naturally occurring fluoroacetate from indigenous plants.
Extensive research has been undertaken to determine the LD50 of animals in Australia. Download the relative susceptibilities of non-target animals to 1080 ( )