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Laboratory trials of three anticoagulant rodenticides for use against the Indian field mouse, Mus booduga Gray

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

M. Balasubramanyam ,
M. J. Christopher  and
K. R. Purushotham
M. Balasubramanyam
Affiliation:
Pesticide and Industrial Toxicology Centre, Department of Zoology, S.V. University, Tirupati-517502, India
M. J. Christopher
Affiliation:
Pesticide and Industrial Toxicology Centre, Department of Zoology, S.V. University, Tirupati-517502, India
K. R. Purushotham
Affiliation:
Pesticide and Industrial Toxicology Centre, Department of Zoology, S.V. University, Tirupati-517502, India
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The efficacy of three anticoagulant rodenticides for use against the Indian field mouse, Mus booduga, was evaluated in the laboratory. The poisons, namely warfarin, bromadiolone and brodifacoum, were all found to be toxic enough at the concentrations normally used against other commensal and field rodents. With brodifacoum (0·00125%), bromadiolone (0·005%) and warfarin (0·025%), 83% of the animals died respectively after 1, 1 and 6 days' feeding. It is suggested that brodifacoum and bromadiolone might be more economical than warfarin for use in practical rodent control.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 93 , Issue 3 , December 1984 , pp. 575 - 578
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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