novobiocin. an antibacterial produced by Streptomyces niveus, used in the treatment of infections caused by staphylococci and other gram-positive organisms. Called also albamycin, cathomycin.
Or learn more about Phobia of Poison: 1: phobia of poison: a persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of poison, despite conscious understanding by the phobic individual and reassurance by others that there is no danger. 2: phobia of poison: an extreme unwarranted fear and/or physical aversion to poison.
Rodents are disinclined to gorge on an unknown food (perhaps reflecting an adaptation to their inability to vomit), preferring to sample, wait and observe whether it makes them or other rats sick. This phenomenon of bait shyness or poison shyness is the rationale for poisons that kill only after multiple doses.