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Prescott, C., El-Amin, M. and Smith, R. H. (1992) Calciferols and bait shyness in the laboratory rat. In: Borrecco, J. E. and Marsh, R. E. (eds.) Proceedings of the Fifteenth Vertebrate Pest Conference. University of California, Davis, USA, pp. 218-223. ISBN 9780932857118
Abstract/Summary
Rodenticides with delayed action are generally more effective than fast-acting compounds because of the phenomenon of bait shyness. Calciferols have a stop-feed effect quite soon after dosing, and physiological effects are measurable within one day of dosing. We investigated whether bait shyness might result from these fairly rapid effects in the laboratory rat. We found evidence of bait shyness following recovery from sub-lethal dosing with two forms of calciferol. Use of intubation as well as feeding showed that the response was to the bait carrier rather than to detection of calciferols per se.
| Additional Information | Paper presented at the Fifteenth Vertebrate Pest Conference, University of California, Davis at Newport Beach, California, USA on 3 -5 March 1992 |
| Item Type | Book or Report Section |
| URI | https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/27518 |
| Item Type | Book or Report Section |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Divisions | Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
| Additional Information | Paper presented at the Fifteenth Vertebrate Pest Conference, University of California, Davis at Newport Beach, California, USA on 3 -5 March 1992 |
| Publisher | University of California |
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