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Diphacinone

Action/Use:
  • Rodenticide
Use: Anticoagulant.
Identification
Common Name(s): Diphacinone (ANSI, ISO, BSI); ; Diphacin (Turkey); ; Diphenadione (BAN)
Chemistry
Properties: Tech, pale yellow powder, odorless. Melting point 293°F.
Diphacinone
Environmental Guidelines
Degradation/metabolism: Soil half-life is approximately 10 days
Hazards: Toxic to birds and mammals. Do not apply directly to water
Water Solubility: 17 ppm
Safety Guidelines
Signal Word: DANGER (Tech), WARNING (Conc), CAUTION (Bait)
Toxicity Class: I, II, III
Toxicity: a.i. (Rat): Oral LD50 7.0 mg/kg
Handling/storage Cautions: Tomcat* shelflife is 3 yr. Keep dry
Suppliers and Branded Products
Basic Producers:
Bell Laboratories, Inc. (Ditrac* Blox*, Ditrac* Cake*, Ditrac* Tracking Powder, Liqua-Tox* II)
HACCO, Inc. A Neogen Co. (Promar*, Ramik*, Ramik* Mouser*)
Motomco Ltd. (Tomcat*, Tomcat* Bait Chunx*)
Discontinued Names:
Contrax-D*
Kill-Ko Rat Killer*
Parakakes*
Prozap* Mouse Maze*
Rat & Mouse Blues II*