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- Title
Laboratory Evaluation of Some Bait Bases to Formulate Palatable Bait for the Control of Short-Tailed Mole Rat, Nesokia indica.
- Authors
Syed Muzaffar Ahmed; Pervez, Amjad; Syeda Azra Tariq; Zia-ul-Hasan; Khadijah, Erum
- Abstract
The short-tailed mole rat (Nesokia indica) was tested to determine the preference towards various cereals viz. wheat, rice, maize, millet, peanut and sunflower seed. The cereals were studied in single-feed, two feed and multiple feed choice tests comprising of twenty-two various combinations. It was evident from no-choice and choice tests that the rat preferred the rice most followed by the wheat, millet, peanut, maize and sunflower seed. It was concluded from the study that rice has clear likeness of Nesokia indica over other cereals (35.47%) when offered as single or in combinations with wheat (26.22%) being a preferred and cost-effective bait base.
- Subjects
PEST control baits; SHORT-tailed bandicoot rat; RODENT control; WHEAT; RICE; CORN; MILLETS
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 2015, Vol 47, Issue 5, p1387
- ISSN
0030-9923
- Publication type
Article