SEDL / STP / STP680-EB / STP34965S

Peromyscus Acute and Anticoagulant Dry Bait Laboratory Efficacy Test Method

Palmateer, SD
Biologist, Environmental Protection Agency, Animal Biology Laboratory, Beltsville, Md

Pages: 6    Published: Jun 1979

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Abstract

A test method has been developed to evaluate the effectiveness of poison baits used against Peromyscus mice. The mice are group-caged and offered the poison bait along with a nonpoisonous field rodent alternate diet. The rationale for the alternate diet is discussed. A Peromyscus mouse bait tested with this method is considered satisfactory if a 90 percent mortality is achieved.