Toxic bait aversions in different rat strains exposed to an acute rodenticide
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A study of domesticated and wild rats exposed to food pellets containing the rodenticide, zinc phosphide, reveals that the rats develop bait aversion. The wild rats become more averse to the toxic bait than the domesticated rats. They recognize rodenticide pellets fast and seek food in a safer area. They remain averse to the bait for a longer time than do the domesticated rats. The difference in the behaviors of the wild and the domesticated rats may be caused by the difference in their sensitivity to taste.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 1993
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Effects of brodifacoum on the land crab of Ascension Island
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Land crabs will readily ingest Talon 20P and Talon 7-20 rodenticide bait. At an exposure rate of 1 mg/kg to 5 mg/kg body weight of brodifacoum over 24 days, the crabs are not killed. Brodifacoum residues were not found in crab claws at this level of exposure.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 2000
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Survival of little spotted kiwi exposed to the rodenticide brodifacoum
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A program to eradicate Pacific rats and Norway rats from Kapiti Island, New Zealand, and its effects on the survival of little spotted kiwi exposed to the rodenticide brodifacoum, is examined.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 2001
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