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A comparative field trial, conducted without pre-treatment census baiting, of the rodenticides zinc phosphide, thallium sulphate and gophacide against Rattus norvegicus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

B. D. Rennison
B. D. Rennison
Affiliation:
Pest Infestation Control Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey
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The effectiveness of the single-dose poison treatments of farm rat infestations, analysed by comparing the weights of the post-treatment census bait takes in covariance with the weights of the prebait takes, showed that treatments with 2·5% zinc phosphide, 0·3% thallium sulphate or 0·3% gophacide were equally effective and significantly better than were treatments with 1% zinc phosphide or 0·1% thallium sulphate. The methodology and sensitivity of different analyses are also considered.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 77 , Issue 1 , August 1976 , pp. 55 - 62
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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