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The Potential Impact Of Introduced Commensal Rodents On Island Flora, Gillian Key, Renata Platenberg, Andrew Easby, Kathleen Mais
The Potential Impact Of Introduced Commensal Rodents On Island Flora, Gillian Key, Renata Platenberg, Andrew Easby, Kathleen Mais
Proceedings of the Seventeenth Vertebrate Pest Conference 1996
The impact of introduced commensal rodents on island flora has been relatively little studied compared with their impact on the fauna. The effects on vegetation composition, regeneration, and decomposition are largely unknown, but potentially great. Preliminary studies were carried out in the Galapagos Islands between 1993 and 1994 on the diet of introduced rats, Rattus spp. and feral house mice, Mus musculus, seed recovery rates and subsequent germination rates of seeds. R. rattus diet was primarily vegetation and 48% of rats had seeds in their stomachs. Significant differences were found between body size and overall contribution of both …
The Distribution And Significance Of Anticoagulant-Resistant Norway Rats (Rattus Norvegicus) In England And Wales, 1988-95, Alan D. Macnicoll, Gerard M. Kerbms, Nicola J. Dennis, J. Erica Gill
The Distribution And Significance Of Anticoagulant-Resistant Norway Rats (Rattus Norvegicus) In England And Wales, 1988-95, Alan D. Macnicoll, Gerard M. Kerbms, Nicola J. Dennis, J. Erica Gill
Proceedings of the Seventeenth Vertebrate Pest Conference 1996
Between 1988 and 1995 populations of rats on agricultural premises were sampled to investigate the distribution of anticoagulant-resistant rats in England and Wales. In total, approximately 1,670 rats from 115 locations were tested for resistance to warfarin. Rats that were warfarin-resistant were subsequently tested for resistance to difenacoum, and since 1991 for resistance to bromadiolone. In some cases rats were also tested for resistance to brodifacoum, and in 1995 for resistance to flocoumafen. The results of these tests showed that there was a high prevalence of resistance to the first-generation anticoagulant, warfarin, in several regions of England and Wales. Rats …
Palatability Of Rodenticide Baits In Relation To Their Effectiveness Against Farm Populations Of The Norway Rat, Roger J. Quy, David P. Cowan, Colin Morgan, Tom Swevney
Palatability Of Rodenticide Baits In Relation To Their Effectiveness Against Farm Populations Of The Norway Rat, Roger J. Quy, David P. Cowan, Colin Morgan, Tom Swevney
Proceedings of the Seventeenth Vertebrate Pest Conference 1996
The palatability of 12 rodenticide baits, formulated to vary from poorly accepted to well accepted, was measured in laboratory choice tests against Wistar and wild-caught Norway rats. The baits, derived from six bait bases and two active ingredients, difenacoum and bromadiolone, were simultaneously tested in the field against 24 farm infestations (2/formulation) in order to investigate the relationship between palatability and efficacy. Bait acceptance in laboratory tests, with EPA meal as the challenge diet, varied from 7.0 to 50.6% for Wistar rats and 3.7 to 85.1 % for wild rats. Changing the challenge diet to a ground-up laboratory animal food …