Laboratory evaluation of four rodenticides admixed in a cereal-based bait against commensal rat, Rattus rattus (L.) (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae)

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-147

  Prakash, Shri ^a   Kumar, Santosh ^a   Veer, Vijay ^a   Gopalan, N ^a   Purnanand, ^a   Pandey, K S ^a   Rao, K M ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Bromodialone; Cereal based bait; Difethialone; Fluoroacetamide; Rattus rattus; Zinc phosphide

Indexed keywords

RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 0037032757     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-474X(01)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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