Laboratory evaluation of some additive poison baits for controlling commensal and field rodents

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-43

  Pervez, Amjad ^a  

^a Pakistan ARC   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bait additives; Brodifacoum; Bromadiolone; Commensal rat; Field rats; Palatability

Indexed keywords

BAIT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; PALATABILITY; POISONING; RODENT;

BANDICOTA BENGALENSIS; NESOKIA INDICA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33847752628     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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