UK 786 Possible Species-Specific Toxicant for Norway Rats

Savarie, Peter J.; Matschke, George H.; Schafer, Edward W.; Dasch, Gary J.

doi:10.1038/241551a0

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 5 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Other Rodenticides: In addition, the Center obtained registered uses of rodenticides introduced in the U.S. by other researchers, including sodium arsenite as porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) bait (Dodge 1959 -all products cancelled by 1992), and pyrinuron (Evans 1980(Evans -all products cancelled by 1987. Work was also conducted on chemicals that were never registered including norbormide (Crabtree et al 1964), 6-aminonicotinamide (Pank andMatschke 1972, Matschke and, and flupropadine (Savarie et al 1973). Considerable work was conducted with cholecalciferol, investigating a variety of formulations for different rodent species in both laboratory and field, and developing analytical chemistry methods for assay of bait material (e.g., Tobin et al 1993, Witmer et al 1995, and Mauldin et al 1999.…”

Section: Rodenticide Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rats! Foiled Again: A History of Rodent Control Methods Development at the National Wildlife Research Center

Fagerstone¹,

Fall²,

Witmer³

et al. 2012

vertebrate_pest_conference

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) and its predecessor laboratories have a long history of developing materials and methods for managing rodents and the damage they cause. The NWRC has been influential in exploring, developing, and maintaining legal uses of many traditional field rodenticides such as strychnine and zinc phosphide. Products have been developed for managing rodents in a variety of locales, and for managing a variety of species, from commensal rodents in urban areas, to pocket gophers and mountain beaver in forests, prairie dogs and ground squirrels on rangelands, and nutria and beaver in wetlands. Considerable research has also been conducted on developing methods of managing rodents in underdeveloped countries. Recent efforts by NWRC have focused on development of tools for managing invasive rodents in conservation areas such as island ecosystems and development of alternative, nonlethal control methods.

show abstract