| Title: | Palatability of bird repellents to Rattus norvegicus |
| Author(s): | Spurr EB; Porter RE; Thomson C; |
| Address: | "Landcare Research, PO Box 69, Lincoln, New Zealand. SpurrE@landcare.cri.nz" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1526-498X (Print) 1526-498X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The palatability to captive, mostly laboratory-bred, Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) of cereal-based baits containing 0.02 g kg-1 brodifacoum, with and without bird-repellent additives, was compared in a no-choice experimental design. Methyl anthranilate (25 g kg-1), dimethyl anthranilate (25 g kg-1) and cinnamamide (2.5 g kg-1) reduced bait consumption by the rats, but all except one rat ate enough bait to receive a lethal dose. Cinnamamide (1 g kg-1), ortho-aminoacetophenone (0.1 g kg-1) and tannic acid (20 g kg-1) did not reduce bait consumption and all rats died after eating baits. The concentration of cinnamamide palatable to rats has only a low and short-lived repellency to birds, so it does not warrant further investigation. However, ortho-aminoacetophenone and tannic acid should now be field-tested for palatability to all three rat species in New Zealand and for repellency to native New Zealand birds" |
| Keywords: | 4-Hydroxycoumarins/*toxicity Acetophenones/toxicity Animals Birds Cinnamates/toxicity Food Additives Hydrolyzable Tannins/toxicity Pesticides Pheromones/toxicity Rats Rodenticides/*toxicity ortho-Aminobenzoates/toxicity; |
| Notes: | "MedlineSpurr, E B Porter, R E Thomson, C eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2001/07/24 Pest Manag Sci. 2001 Jul; 57(7):615-9. doi: 10.1002/ps.335" |
