Rodenticides

Question 1

Name 2 first generation anticoagulants???

Answer 1

Coumatetralyl , Warfarin

Question 2

Name 3 second generation anticoagulants ???

Answer 2

Brodifacoum , Bromadiolone , Difenacoum

Question 3

What is the application rate for rats bromadiolone ???

Answer 3

High - 200gms every 5 metres

Low - 200gms every 10 metres

Question 4

What is the application rate for mice bromadiolone ???

Answer 4

High - 40gms every 2 metres

low - 40gms every 5 metres

Question 5

What is the application rate for rats brodifacoum ???

Answer 5

High - 3 blocks every 5 metres

Low - 3 blocks every 10 metres

Question 6

What is the application rate for mice brodifacoum ???

Answer 6

High - 1 block every 2 metres

Low - 1 block every 5 metres

Question 7

What is the active ingredient in Black pearl???

Answer 7

Alphachlorolose

Question 8

How does Alphachlorolose work???

Answer 8

It is a narcotic which reduces body temperature which causes hypothermia and death.

Question 9

Explain pulse baiting ???

Answer 9

Pulse baiting means to bait in a higher frequency with single feed poison.
This type of baiting can be checked less frequently.

Question 10

Explain saturation baiting ???

Answer 10

Saturation baiting means to put a large amount of multi feed bait down in one place.
This would be checked and topped up frequently.

Question 11

Why should you not use brodifacoum to treat an area of waste land???

Answer 11

Because of the risk of secondary poisoning to none target species