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Laboratory trials of seven rodenticides for use against the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

J. E. Gill  and
R. Redfern
J. E. Gill
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Agricultural Science Service, Tolworth Laboratory, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey
R. Redfern
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Agricultural Science Service, Tolworth Laboratory, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey
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The efficacy of seven rodenticides for use against Sigmodon hispidus was investigated in the laboratory. The poisons (warfarin, coumatetralyl, difenacoum, brodifacoum, bromadiolone, calciferol and zinc phosphide) were all toxic at the concentrations normally used against Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus and all were palatable.

Trials are now needed to confirm the efficacy of these poisons in the field, but it seems likely that, if used in suitable bait formulations, they would all be useful for the practical control of S. hispidus.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 85 , Issue 3 , December 1980 , pp. 443 - 450
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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