Field evaluation of capsaicin as a rodent aversion agent for poultry feed

Pest Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1007-1015

  Jensen, Paul G ^a,c   Curtis, Paul D ^a   Dunn, Joseph A ^b   Austic, Richard E ^a   Richmond, Milo E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Snyder Seed Corporation   (United States)

^c LGL Alaska Research Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; House mouse; Mus musculus; Norway rat; Pest management; Poultry management; Rattus norvegicus; Rodent; Rodenticide

Indexed keywords

BRODIFACOUM; CAPSAICIN; RODENTICIDE;

PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; POULTRY; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAMMAL; MOUSE; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; PEST MANAGEMENT; POULTRY FARMING; RAT; RODENT CONTROL; SALMONELLOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING METHODS; MICE; RATS; RODENT CONTROL; RODENTICIDES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0042426084     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.705     Document Type: Article

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