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Laboratory evaluation of anticoagulant-treated baits for control of the northern palm squirrel, Funambulus pennanti Wroughton

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

R. P. Mathur  and
I. Prakash
R. P. Mathur
Affiliation:
Coordinating and Monitoring Centre for Rodent Research and Training, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur-342 003 (Raj.), India
I. Prakash
Affiliation:
Coordinating and Monitoring Centre for Rodent Research and Training, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur-342 003 (Raj.), India
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Individually caged northern palm squirrels, Funambulus pennanti, were fed with bait containing 0·025% warfarin or fumarin, 0·0075% chlorophacinone or 0·005% brodifacoum for a fixed number of days varying from 1 to 14. Brodifacoum (WBA 8119) was found most toxic since 66% and 70% of the animals died after one and two days' feeding respectively. Chlorophacinone killed 70% of the squirrels after three days' feeding. Squirrels were relatively tolerant to warfarin and fumarin since the mortality after a period of 14 days' feeding was only 58% and 75% respectively.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 85 , Issue 3 , December 1980 , pp. 421 - 426
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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