Rats and the placement of rodenticide baits for their eradication on indoor livestock farms

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-193

  Endepols, S ^a   Klemann, N ^b  

^a BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Coumatetralyl; Rattus norvegicus; Rodent control; Vector control

Indexed keywords

BAIT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PEST CONTROL; RODENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; MUNSTER [NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA]; MUNSTERLAND; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; WORLD;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84876506478     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(04)80013-7     Document Type: Article

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