Effects of background food on alternative grain uptake and zinc phosphide efficacy in wild house mice.

Steve Henry Peter R Brown Nikki Van de Weyer Freya Robinson Lyn A Hinds

Published in: Pest management science (2021)

The registered dose rate of 25 g of ZnP/kg wheat (~1 mg of ZnP/grain) in Australia needs to be re-evaluated to determine what factors may be contributing to variation in efficacy. Further field research is also required to understand the complex association between ZnP dose, and quantity and quality of background food on efficacy of ZnP baits.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
human health
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle
wild type
genetic diversity