{"title":"The susceptibility of Apodemus agrarius and Rattus losea to the anticoagulant rodenticide, flocoumafen","authors":"Kau-hung Lu","doi":"10.1016/0265-3036(90)90038-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Flocoumafen had good rodenticidal action against <em>Apodemus agrarius</em> and <em>Rattus losea</em>. The acute oral LD<sub>50</sub> for male <em>A. agrarius</em> and <em>R. losea</em> was 1·22 mg kg<sup>−1</sup> and 1·36 mg kg<sup>−1</sup> respectively. Flocoumafen bait was more toxic to <em>R. losea</em> than to <em>A. agrarius</em>. At bait concentrations of 0·002–0·005%, flocoumafen had a single-feed potency with mortalities of 90–100% for <em>R. losea</em> and 77·8–100% for <em>A. agrarius</em>. Experimental baits prepared using the manufacturing 0·5% master mix of flocoumafen were palatable to both species.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":13629,"journal":{"name":"International Biodeterioration","volume":"26 1","pages":"Pages 69-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0265-3036(90)90038-9","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Biodeterioration","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0265303690900389","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Flocoumafen had good rodenticidal action against Apodemus agrarius and Rattus losea. The acute oral LD50 for male A. agrarius and R. losea was 1·22 mg kg−1 and 1·36 mg kg−1 respectively. Flocoumafen bait was more toxic to R. losea than to A. agrarius. At bait concentrations of 0·002–0·005%, flocoumafen had a single-feed potency with mortalities of 90–100% for R. losea and 77·8–100% for A. agrarius. Experimental baits prepared using the manufacturing 0·5% master mix of flocoumafen were palatable to both species.