Fertility control of rodent pests

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 487-493

  Jacob, Jens ^a   Singleton, Grant R ^b   Hinds, Lyn A ^c  

^a Vertebrate Research   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BREEDING SEASON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP DAMAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILITY; HORMONE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; JUVENILE; PADDY FIELD; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH WORK; RODENT; STERILITY; VACCINATION;

MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; RATTUS; RATTUS ARGENTIVENTER; RODENTIA;

EID: 54349098550     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07129     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (77)

1. Appt, S. E., Kaplan, J. R., Clarkson, T. B., Cline, J. M., Christian, P. J., and Hoyer, P. B. (2006). Destruction of primordial ovarian follicles in adult cynomoigus macaques after exposure to 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide: a nonhuman primate model of the menopausal transition. Fertility and Sterility 86, 1210-1216. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.05.004
2. Arthur, A. D., Pech, R. P., and Singleton, G. R. (2005). Predicting the effect of immunocontraceptive recombinant murine cytomegalovirus on population outbreaks of house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) in mallee wheatlands. Wildlife Research 32, 631-637. doi: 10.1071/WR05003
3. Begon, M. (2003). Disease: health effects on humans, population effects on rodents. In 'Rats, Mice and People: Rodent Biology and Management'. (Eds G. R. Singleton, L. A. Hinds, C. J. Krebs and D. M. Spratt.) pp. 13-19. (ACIAR: Canberra.)
4. Brakes, C. R., and Smith, R. H. (2005). Exposure of non-target small mammals to rodenticides: short-term effects, recovery and implications for secondary poisoning. Journal of Applied Ecology 42, 118-128. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.00997.x
5. Brown, P. R., and Tuan, N. P. (2005). Compensation of rodent pests after removal: control of two rat species in an irrigated farming system in the Red River Delta, Vietnam. Acta Oecologica 28, 267-279. doi: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.05.002
6. Brown, P. R., Davies, M. J., Singleton, G. R., and Croft, J. D. (2004). Can farm-management practices reduce the impact of house mouse populations on crops in an irrigated farming system? Wildlife Research 31, 597-604. doi: 10.1071/WR03063
7. Brown, P. R., Tuan, N. P., Singleton, G. R., Ha, P. T. T., Hoa, P. T., Hue, D. T., Tan, T. Q., Tuat, N. V., Jacob, J., and Müller, W. J. (2006). Impact of ecologically based rodent management practices on rat populations in the Red River Delta, Vietnam. Ecological Applications 16, 2000-2010. doi: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[2000:EBMORI]2.0.CO;2
8. Caughley, J., Monamy, V., and Heiden, K. (1994). Impacts of the 1993 mouse plague. GRDC Occasional Paper Series No.7. Grains Research and Development Corporation and Bureau of Resource Sciences, Canberra.
9. Chambers, L. K., Singleton, G. R., and Hood, G. M. (1997). Immunocontraception as a potential control method of wild rodent populations. Belgian Journal of Zoology 127, 145-156.
10. Chambers, L., Lawson, M., and Hinds, L. A. (1999a). Biological control of rodents - the case for fertility control using immunocontraception. In 'Ecologically-based Rodent Management'. (Eds G. R. Singleton, L. A. Hinds, H. Leirs and Z. Zhang.) pp. 215-242. (ACIAR: Canberra.)
11. Chambers, L. K., Singleton, G. R., and Hinds, L. A. (1999b). Fertility control of wild mouse populations: the effects of hormonal competence and an imposed level of sterility. Wildlife Research 26, 579-591. doi: 10.1071/WR98093
12. Colvin, B. A., and Jackson, W. B. (1999). Urban rodent control programs for the 21st century. In 'Ecologically-based rodent management'. (Eds G.R. Singleton, L. A. Hinds, H. Leirs and Z. Zhang.) pp. 243-257. (ACIAR: Canberra.)
13. Davis, S. A., Pech, R. P., and Singleton, G. R. (2003). Simulation of fertility control in an eruptive house mouse (Mus domesticus) population in southeastern Australia. In 'Rats, Mice and People: Rodent Biology and Management'. (Eds G. R. Singleton, L. A. Hinds, C. J. Krebs and D.M. Spratt.) pp. 320-324. (ACIAR: Canberra.)
14. Dickman, C. R. (1999). Rodent-ecosystem relationships: a review. In 'Ecologically-based Rodent Management'. (Eds G. R. Singleton, L.A. Hinds, H. Leirs and Z. Zhang.) pp. 113-133. (ACIAR: Canberra.)
15. Duckworth, J. A., Cui, X., Scobie, S., Arrow, J., and Cowan, P. E. (2008). Development of a contraceptive vaccine for the marsupial brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) lack of effects in mice and chickens immunised with recombinant possum ZP3 protein and a possum ZP3 antifertility epitope. Wildlife Research 35, 563-572. doi: 10.1071/WR07139
16. Elias, D. J., and Fall, M. W. (1988). The rodent problem in Latin America. In 'Rodent Pest Management'. (Ed. I. Prakash.) pp. 13-28. (CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL.)
17. Fagerstone, K., Coffey, M. A., Curtis, P. D., Dolbeer, R. A., Killian, G. J., Miller, L. A., and Wilmot, L. M. (2002). Wildlife fertility control: technical review. The Wildlife Society - Technical Review 02-2, 1-33.
18. Fagerstone, K. A., Miller, L. A., Eisemann, J. D., O'Hare, J. R., and Gionfriddo, J. P. (2008). Registration of wildlife contraceptives in the United States of America, with OvoControl and GonaCon immunocontraceptive vaccines as examples. Wildlife Research 35, 586-592. doi: 10.1071/WR07166
19. Garrett, M. G., and Franklin, W. L. (1983). Diethylstilbestrol as a temporary chemosterilant to control black-tailed prairie dog populations. Journal of Range Management 36, 753-756. doi: 10.2307/3898202
20. Geddes, A. W. M. (1992). The relative importance of pre-harvest crop pests in Indonesia. Natural Resource Institute Bulletin 47, 1-70.
21. Griffin, P. D. (1992). Options for immunocontraception and issues to be addressed in the development of birth control vaccines. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 36, 111-117. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1992.tb01632.x
22. Hardy, C. M., Hinds, L. A., Kerr, P. J., Lloyd, M. L., Redwood, A. J., Shellam, G. R., and Strive, T. (2006). Biological control of vertebrate pests using virally vectored immunocontraception. Journal of Reproductive Immunology 71, 102-111. doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2006.04.006
23. Hegdal, P. L., and Colvin, B. A. (1988). Potential hazard to eastern screech-owls and other raptors of brodifacoum bait used for vole control in orchards. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 7, 245-260. doi: 10.1897/1552-8618(1988)7[245:PHTESA]2.0.CO;2
24. Hinds, L. A. (2006). Immunocontraception of small mammals: case study for the wild house mouse in Australia. In 'Proceedings of the 22nd Vertebrate Pest Conference'. (Eds R. M. Timm and J. M. O'Brien.) pp. 96-101. (University of California: Davis, CA.)
25. Hinds, L. A., Hardy, C. M., Lawson, M. A., and Singleton, G. R. (2003). Developments in fertility control for pest animal management. In 'Rats, Mice and People: Rodent Biology and Management'. (Eds G. R. Singleton, L. A. Hinds, C. J. Krebs and D. M. Spratt). pp. 31-36. (ACIAR: Canberra.)
26. Jackson, R. J., Maguire, D. J., Hinds, L. A., and Ramshaw, I. A. (1998). Infertility in mice induced by a recombinant ectromelia virus expressing mouse zona pellucida glycoprotein 3. Biology of Reproduction 58, 152-159. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod58.1.152
27. Jacob, J., Ylönen, H., Runcie, M. J., Jones, D. A., and Singleton, G. R. (2003). What affects bait uptake by house mice in Australian grain fields? Journal of Wildlife Management 67, 341-351. doi: 10.2307/3802776
28. Jacob, J., Herawati, N. A., Davis, S. A., and Singleton, G. R. (2004a). The impact of sterilised females on enclosed populations of ricefield rats. Journal of Wildlife Management 68, 1130-1137. doi: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[1130:TIOSFO]2.0.CO;2
29. Jacob, J., Matulessy, J., and Sudarmaji, (2004b). The effects of imposed sterility of spatial activity of female ricefield rats. Journal of Wildlife Management 68, 1138-1144. doi: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004) 068[1138:EOISOM]2.0.CO;2
30. Jacob, J., Rahmini, and Sudarmaji, (2006). The impact of imposed sterility on field populations of ricefield rats. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 115, 281-284. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.01.001
31. Khiem, N. T., Cuong, L. Q., and Chien, H. V. (2003). Market study of meat from field rats in the Mekong Delta. In 'Rats, Mice and People: Rodent Biology and Management'. (Eds G. R. Singleton, L. A. Hinds, C. J. Krebs and D. M. Spratt). pp. 643-547. (ACIAR: Canberra.)
32. Kidd, K. A., Blanchfield, P. J., Mills, K. H., Palace, V. P., Evans, R. E., Lazorchak, J. M., and Flick, R. W. (2007). Collapse of a fish population after exposure to a synthetic estrogen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104, 8897-8901. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0609568104
33. Killian, G. J., Miller, L. A., Rhyan, J. C., and Doten, H. (2006). Immunocontraception of Florida feral swine with a single-dose GnRH vaccine. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology 55, 378-384. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2006.00379.x
34. Kirkpatrick, J. F., and Turner, A. (2008). Achieving population goals in long-lived wildlife species (Equus caballus) with contraception. Wildlife Research 35, 513-519. doi: 10.1071/WR07106
35. Kirkpatrick, J. F., Turner, J. W. J., Liu, I. K. M., Fayrer-Hosken, R., and Rutberg, A. T. (1997). Case studies in wildlife immunocontraception: wild and feral equids and white-tailed deer. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 9, 105-110. doi: 10.1071/R96052
36. Korpimäki, E., Brown, P. R., Jacob, J., and Pech, R. P. (2004). The puzzles of population cycles and outbreaks of small mammals solved? Bioscience 54, 1071-1079. doi: 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[1071: TPOPCA]2.0.CO;2
37. Leirs, H., Verhagen, R., Verheyen, W., Mwanjabe, P., and Mbise, T. (1996). Forecasting rodent outbreaks in Africa: an ecological basis for Mastomys control in Tanzania. Journal of Applied Ecology 33, 937-943. doi: 10.2307/2404675
38. Leung, L. K. P., Singleton, G. R., Sudamaji, and Rahmini. (1999). Ecologically-based population management of the rice-field rat in Indonesia. In 'Ecologically-based Rodent Management'. (Eds G. R. Singleton, L. A. Hinds, H. Leirs and Z. Zhang.) pp. 305-318. (ACIAR: Canberra.)
39. Marsh, R. E., and Howard, W. E. (1970). Chemosterilants as an approach to rodent control. In 'Proceedings of the 4th Vertebrate Pest Conference'. pp. 55-63. (University of California: Davis, CA.)
40. Mayer, L. P., Devine, P. J., Dyer, C. A., and Hoyer, P. B. (2004). The follicle-depleted mouse ovary produces androgen. Biology of Reproduction 71, 130-138. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.016113
41. Mayer, L. P., Pearsall, N. A., Christian, P. J., Devine, P. J., Payne, C. M., McCuskey, M. K., Marion, S. L., Sipes, I. G., and Hoyer, P. B. (2002). Long-term effects of ovarian follicular depletion in rats by 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide. Reproductive Toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) 16, 775-781. doi: 10.1016/S0890-6238(02)00048-5
42. McLeod, S. R., Saunders, G., Twigg, L. E., Arthur, A. D., Ramsey, D., and Hinds, L. A. (2007). Prospects for the future: is there a role for virally vectored immunocontraception in vertbrate pest management? Wildlife Research 34, 555-566. doi: 10.1071/WR07050
43. Millar, S. E., Chamow, S. M., Baur, A. W., Oliver, C., Robey, F., and Dean, J. (1989). Vaccination with a synthetic zona pellucida peptide produces long-term contraception in female mice. Science 246, 935-938. doi: 10.1126/science.2479101
44. Miller, L. A., Johns, B. E., Elias, D. J., and Crane, K. A. (1997). Comparative efficacy of two immunocontraceptive vaccines. Vaccine 15, 1858-1862. doi: 10.1016/S0264-410X(97)00141-2
45. Miller, L. A., Johns, B. E., and Elias, D. J. (1998). Immunocontraception as a wildlife management tool: some perspectives. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26, 237-243.
46. Miller, L. A., Talwar, G. P., and Killian, G. J. (2006). Contraceptive effect of a recombinant GnRH vaccine in adult female pigs. In 'Proceedings of the 22nd Vertebrate Pest Conference'. (Eds R. M. Timm and J. M. O'Brien.) pp. 106-109. (University of California: Davis, CA.)
47. Myllymäki, A. (1977). Outbreaks and damage by the field vole Mictrotus agrestis (L), since World War II in Europe. EPPO Bulletin 7, 177-207. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2338.1977.tb02722.x
48. Nash, P., Furcolow, C. A., Bynum, K. S., Yoder, C. A., Miller, L. A., and Johnston, J. J. (2007). Diazacholesterol as an oral contraceptive for blacktailed prairie dog population management. Human Wildlife Conflicts 1, 60-67.
49. Newton, I., Wyllie, I., and Dale, L. (1997). Mortality causes in British barn owls (Tyto alba), based on 1,101 carcasses examined during 1963-1996. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report NC-190 299-307.
50. Ohashi, T. J., and Oldenburg, J. G. (1992). Endangered species in the Pacific Islands: the role of animal damage control. In 'Proceedings of the 15th Vertebrate Pest Conference'. (Eds J. E. Borrecco and R. E. Marsh.) pp. 32-35. (University of California: Davis, CA.)
51. Oogjes, G. (1997). Ethical aspects and dilemmas of fertility control of unwanted wildlife: an animal welfarist's perspective. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 9, 163-167. doi: 10.1071/R96061
52. Pelz, H. J., Rost, S., Hunerberg, M., Fregin, A., and Heiberg, A. C. et al. (2005). The genetic basis of resistance to anticoagulants in rodents. Genetics 170, 1839-1847. doi: 10.1534/genetics.104.040360
53. Redwood, A. J., Smith, L. M., Lloyd, M., Hinds, L. A., Hardy, C. M., and Shellam, G. R. (2007). Prospects for virally vectored immunocontraception in the control of wild house mice (Mus domesticus). Wildlife Research 34, 530-539. doi: 10.1071/WR07041
54. Riley, S. P. D., Bromley, C., Poppenga, R. H., Uzal, F. A., Whited, L., and Sauvajot, R. M. (2007). Anticoagulant exposure and notoedric mange in bobcats and mountain lions in urban southern California. Journal of Wildlife Management 71, 1874-1884. doi: 10.2193/2005-615
55. Sad, S., Chauhan, V. S., Arunan, K., and Raghupathy, R. (1993). Synthetic gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) vaccines incorporating GnRH and synthetic T-helper epitopes. Vaccine 11, 1145-1150. doi: 10.1016/0264-410X(93)90077-B
56. Saunders, G., McIlroy, J., Berghout, M., Kay, B., Gifford, E., Perry, R., and van de Ven, R. (2002). The effects of induced sterility on the territorial behaviour and survival of foxes. Journal of Applied Ecology 39, 56-66. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00696.x
57. Shi, D., Wan, X., Davis, S. A., Pech, R. P., and Zhang, Z. (2002). Simulation of lethal control and fertility control in a demographic model for Brandt's vole Microtus brandti. Journal of Applied Ecology 39, 337-348. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00716.x
58. Singleton, G. R. (1989). Population dynamics of an outbreak of house mice (Mus domesticus) in the mallee wheatlands of Australia - hypothesis of plague formation. Journal of Zoology 219, 495-515.
59. Singleton, G. R. (2003). Impacts of rodents in rice production in Asia. IRRI Discussion Paper Series 45, 1-30.
60. Singleton, G. R., and Redhead, T. D. (1990). Structure and biology of hous mouse populations that plague irregularly: an evolutionary perspective. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 41, 285-300. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1990.tb00837.x
61. Singleton, G. R., Hinds, L. A., Leirs, H., and Zhang, Z. (1999). 'Ecologically-based Management of Rodent Pests.' (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research: Canberra.)
62. Singleton, G. R., Farroway, L. N., Chambers, L. K., Lawson, M. A., Smith, A. L., and Hinds, L. A. (2002). Ecological basis for fertility control in the house mouse (Mus domesticus) using immunocontraceptive vaccines. Reproduction 60, 31-39.
63. Singleton, G. R., Smythe, L., Smith, G., Spratt, D. M., Aplin, K., and Smith, A. L. (2003a). Rodent diseases in southeast Asia and Australia: inventory of recent surveys. In 'Rats, Mice and People: Rodent Biology and Management.' (Eds G. R. Singleton, L. A. Hinds, C. J. Krebs and D. M. Spratt.) pp. 25-30. (ACIAR: Canberra.)
64. Singleton, G. R., Sudarmaji, Tuan, N. P., Sang, P. M., Huan, N. H., Brown, P. R., Jacob, J., Heong, K. L., and Escalada, M. M. (2003b). Reduction in chemical use following integrated ecologically-based rodent management. International Rice Research Notes 28(2), 33-35.
65. Singleton, G. R., Brown, P. R., Pech, R. P., Jacob, J., Mutze, G. J., and Krebs, C. J. (2005a). One hundred years of eruptions of house mice in Australia - a natural biological curio. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84, 617-627. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00458.x
66. Singleton, G. R., Sudarmaji, Jacob, J., and Krebs, C. J. (2005b). An analysis of the effectiveness of integrated management of rodents in reducing damage to lowland rice crops in Indonesia. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 107, 75-82. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.09.010
67. Singleton, G. R., Brown, P. R., Jacob, J., Aplin, K. P., and Sudarmaji. (2007). Unwanted and unintended effects of culling - a case for ecologically-based rodent management. Integrative Zoology 2, 247-259. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2007.00067.x
68. Stenseth, N. C., Leirs, H., Mercelis, S., and Mwanjabe, P. (2001). Comparing strategies for controlling an African pest rodent: an empirically based theoretical study. Journal of Applied Ecology 38, 1020-1031. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00656.x
69. Sullivan, T. P., Sullivan, D. S., and Hogue, E. J. (2001). Reinvasion dynamics of northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) populations in removal areas. Crop Protection 20, 189-198. doi: 10.1016/S0261-2194(00)00126-5
70. Tristiani, H., Murakami, O., and Kuno, E. (2000). Rice plant damage distribution and home range distribution of the ricefield rat Rattus argentiventer (Rodentia: Muridae). Belgian Journal of Zoology 130, 83-91.
71. Twigg, L. E., and Williams, C. K. (1999). Fertility control of overabundant species; can it work for feral rabbits? Ecology Letters 2, 281-285. doi: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1999.00085.x
72. Twigg, L. E., Lowe, T. J., Martin, G. R., Wheeler, A. G., Gray, G. S., Griffin, S. L., O'Reilly, C. M., Robinson, D. J., and Hubach, P. H. (2000). Effects of surgically imposed sterility on free-ranging rabbit populations. Journal of Applied Ecology 37, 16-39. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2664. 2000.00471.x
73. Tyndale-Biscoe, C. H., and Hinds, L. A. (2007). Introduction - virally vectored immunocontraception in Australia. Wildlife Research 34, 507-510. doi: 10.1071/WRv34n7_IN
74. Wan, X., Shi, Y., Bao, X., Guan, Q., Yu, C., Wang, G., Liu, W., Zhong, W., Jiao, Y., and Hasi, Q. (2006). Effect of the contraceptive compound (EP-1) on reproduction of the Djungarian hamster (Phodopus campbelli) in the typical steppe. Acta Theriologica Sinica 26, 392-397.
75. Williams, C. K. (2007). Assessment of the risk of inadvertently exporting from Australia a genetically modified immunocontraceptive virus in live mice (Mus musculus domesticus). Wildlife Research 34, 540-554. doi: 10.1071/WR05028
76. Williams, C. K., Davey, C. C., Moore, R. J., Hinds, L. A., Silvers, L. E., Kerr, P. J., French, N., Hood, G. M., Pech, R. P., and Krebs, C. J. (2007). Population responses to sterility imposed on female European rabbits. Journal of Applied Ecology 44, 291-301. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01264. x
77. Zhang, Z. B., Liao, L. F., Wang, S. Q., Cao, X. P., Wang, F. S., Wang, C., Zhang, J. X., Wan, X. R., and Zhong, W. Q. (2004). Effect of a contraceptive compound (EP-1) on fertility of female Brandt's voles, gray hamsters and mid-day gerbils. Acta Zoologica Sinica 50, 341-347.