Table 1.
Validation parameters of six anticoagulant rodenticides
| Compound | Calibration range (ng/mL or ng/g) | Blood | Faeces | QC-sample conc. | Blood | Faeces | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean R2 | RSD (%) | Mean R2 | RSD (%) | Within-day precision RSD (%) | Between-day precision RSD (%) | Bias (%) | ME% | RE% | Within-day precision RSD (%) | Between-day precision RSD (%) | Bias (%) | ME% | RE% | |||
| Coumatetralyl | 1.5–731 (0.0050–2.5 µM) | 0.999 | 0.061 | 0.998 | 0.24 | 2.3 88 585 |
4.0 3.6 6.0 |
7.9 8.7 11 |
− 3.5 5.2 − 1.8 |
90 93 |
10 15 |
2.8 5.7 6.5 |
15 13 15 |
− 3.6 1.6 8.4 |
109 96 |
69 |
| Bromadiolone | 2.6–1319 (0.0050–2.5 µM) | 0.998 | 0.21 | 0.998 | 1 | 4.2 158 1055 |
5.8 5.7 7.5 |
17 14 17 |
16 13 − 4.1 |
100 97 |
44 52 |
15 17 16 |
16 18 13 |
− 7.7 − 3.1 − 11 |
63 56 |
32 |
| Difenacoum | 2.2–1111 (0.0050–2.5 µM) | 0.997 | 0.33 | 0.999 | 0.10 | 3.6 133 889 |
9.1 2.2 8.9 |
13 15 15 |
5.5 7.8 6.1 |
101 97 |
43 87 |
13 14 15 |
18 17 15 |
− 5.3 − 6.1 − 11 |
62 60 |
26 |
| Flocoumafen | 2.7–1356 (0.0050–2.5 µM) | 0.997 | 0.41 | 0.995 | 1.1 | 4.3 163 1085 |
8.0 3.0 6.4 |
14 14 15 |
2.7 6.6 − 4.6 |
95 92 |
80 90 |
11 9.0 6.3 |
19 17 19 |
− 5.5 − 2.8 − 14 |
45 32 |
18 |
| Brodifacoum | 2.6–1309 (0.0050–2.5 µM) | 0.998 | 0.37 | 0.999 | 0.11 | 4.2 157 1047 |
8.6 3.1 9.1 |
15 14 11 |
8.4 6.2 − 3.1 |
93 90 |
61 78 |
9.2 9.3 6.4 |
19 18 19 |
− 1.7 − 2.1 − 18 |
32 32 |
25 |
| Difethialone | 2.7–1349 (0.0050–2.5 µM) | 0.997 | 0.37 | 0.998 | 0.17 | 4.3 164 1079 |
8.9 6.4 13 |
14 12 17 |
16 12 3.1 |
86 81 |
69 84 |
10 11 5.1 |
17 11 16 |
1.3 0.8 − 9.4 |
31 27 |
22 |