Comparative field studies of rodents control | ||
| Journal of Pest Control and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Volume 3, Issue 1, June 1991, Pages 77-88 PDF (725.74 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpces.1991.461557 | ||
| Authors | ||
| M. A. T. Desheesh* ; M. A. Abdellatif; H. M. Youssef | ||
| Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Comparative field experiments at Sabahia and Faculty of Agriculture Research Stations at Abbis, Alexandria, Egypt was conducted to evaluate the different methods of rodent control to select the effective one for using in rodent control program. These experiments include: anticoagulant rodenticides such as 0.005% brodifacoum; 0.005% difenacoum; 0.005% flucoumafen, 0.005% chlorophacinone (each as whole wheat bait), 0.005% diphacinone (as crushed wheat bait) and 0.012% chlorophacinone+ 0.019% sulfachinoxaline as crushed maize bait; acute rodenticides such as zinc phosphide in two different bait and fumigant as potassium cyanide as well as trapping and weed burning. The results indicated that, most of the tested anticoagulant reduced the population of rodents during 7- days for mor than 3- days application. For complete eradication, these anticoagulants should be applied for more than 7- days. On the other hand, although baits of zinc phosphide were unpalatable, it highly reduced the rodent population in the field during 3-7 days of application. These results may be du to the development of a poison bait shyness to the rats. The reduction in rodent population observed after 3-7 days was so low that potassium cyanide could not be used to control rodents in the field. So, it could be concluded that good use of anticoagulants in rodent control proved to be the best method. | ||
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