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Evaluation of brodifacoum against house murids of Garhwal Himalaya (India)

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Brodifacoum (WBA 8119) was tested at various concentrations (0·02, 0·01, 0·005, 0·0025 and 0·00125%) by choice tests in laboratory against house murids vizRattus rattus gangutrianus Hinton andMus musculus Linnaeus of Garhwal Himalaya. It was fairly acceptable and produced 100% mortality of both the target species at all levels of its concentrations except at 0·00125% level causing 83·3% mortality inRattus rattus gangutrianus and 100% inMus musculus. The mean period of mortality is increased with the decrease in the concentration, the range being 3–17 days. In house trial a short exposure of 1-night of moist brodifacoum (0·0025%) bait after pre-baiting for 3-nights produced 100% murids mortality which was significantly (P<0·01) higher than that achieved in a similar trial with dry brodifacoum bait.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Punjab Agricultural University, 141 004, Ludhiana, India

    N Ahmad & S S Guraya

  2. Department of Zoology, Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, 848 125, Samastipur, India

    C Sheikher

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Sheikher, C., Ahmad, N. & Guraya, S.S. Evaluation of brodifacoum against house murids of Garhwal Himalaya (India). Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Anim. Sci.) 96, 679–682 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03179498

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