کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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4364512 | 1616313 | 2015 | 12 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• Four palatable grains viz. millet (whole), wheat (cracked), maize (cracked) and rice (broken) were tested for their preference to rodents.
• Results of no-choice and multiple choice feeding tests indicated that millet was the most preferred food.
• Similarly the locally available taste additives peanut cracked (5%), yeast (2%), fish meal (5%), egg shell powder (5%), carbon disulphide (CS2) 30 ppm and jaggery (gur/sugar 5%) were offered in a 50:50 by wt mix of millet and wheat.
• The results of paired choice and multiple choice feeding tests revealed that consumption of bait with added egg shell was significantly higher (p > 0.05) than that of bait with the other five additives.
• The reduction in rodent activity after zinc phosphide and coumatetralyl treatment was 70% and 82%, respectively.
Locally available and palatable food grains viz. millet (whole), wheat (cracked), maize (cracked) and rice (broken) were tested for their preference to rodents. Results of no-choice and multiple choice feeding tests indicated that millet was the most preferred food. Similarly locally available taste additives namely peanut cracked (5%), yeast (2%), fish meal (5%), egg shell powder (5%), carbon disulphide (CS2) 30 ppm and jaggery (gur/sugar 5%) were offered mixed in millet-wheat (50:50 by wt.) bait. The results of paired choice and multiple choice feeding tests revealed that consumption of bait with added egg shell was significantly higher (p > 0.05) than bait with the other five additives. Grain bait with egg shell was then tested for its effectiveness as a carrier for the rodenticides zinc phosphide (2%) and coumatetralyl (0.0375%). The reduction in rodent activity after zinc phosphide and coumatetralyl treatment was 70% and 82%, respectively.
Journal: International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation - Volume 104, October 2015, Pages 460–471