Experimental assessment of rodent control on two poultry farms of central Argentina

We experimentally assessed the effect of controlling vegetation height along farm perimeters on the abundance of rodents in 2 broiler poultry farms in central Argentina. We carried out an experimental design based on the before-after-control-impact method. After vegetation treatments, there was a si...

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Autores principales:	Gómez Villafañe, Isabel Elisa, Miñarro, Fernando O., Bilenca, David Norberto
Publicado:	2009
Materias:	Argentina Broiler poultry farm Control Rodent Vegetation Akodon azarae Mus musculus Mus musculus domesticus Rodentia
Acceso en línea:	https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_10566171_v18_n3_p622_GomezVillafane http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_10566171_v18_n3_p622_GomezVillafane
Aporte de:	Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires

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spelling	paper:paper_10566171_v18_n3_p622_GomezVillafane2023-06-08T16:03:17Z Experimental assessment of rodent control on two poultry farms of central Argentina Gómez Villafañe, Isabel Elisa Miñarro, Fernando O. Bilenca, David Norberto Argentina Broiler poultry farm Control Rodent Vegetation Akodon azarae Mus musculus Mus musculus domesticus Rodentia We experimentally assessed the effect of controlling vegetation height along farm perimeters on the abundance of rodents in 2 broiler poultry farms in central Argentina. We carried out an experimental design based on the before-after-control-impact method. After vegetation treatments, there was a significant decrease in rodent abundance at the perimeter of the farm with control of vegetation height because of the reduction of the Pampean grassland mouse Akodon azarae. In poultry houses, there was a significant decrease in rodent abundance on nonaffected farms because of the reduction of the commensal house mouse Mus musculus domesticus, possibly because of a major collocation of rodenticide. Our results indicate that both the control of vegetation growth at the perimeters and the appropriate timing of rodenticide applications are effective measures for rodent control on broiler poultry farms when both control measures are applied simultaneously. We achieved effective rodent control through an understanding of the habitat use and population dynamics of the species involved and the characteristics of the area where the control program would be applied. © 2009 Poultry Science Association, Inc. Fil:Gómez Villafañe, I.E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Miñarro, F.O. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Bilenca, D.N. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2009 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_10566171_v18_n3_p622_GomezVillafane http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_10566171_v18_n3_p622_GomezVillafane
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topic	Argentina Broiler poultry farm Control Rodent Vegetation Akodon azarae Mus musculus Mus musculus domesticus Rodentia
spellingShingle	Argentina Broiler poultry farm Control Rodent Vegetation Akodon azarae Mus musculus Mus musculus domesticus Rodentia Gómez Villafañe, Isabel Elisa Miñarro, Fernando O. Bilenca, David Norberto Experimental assessment of rodent control on two poultry farms of central Argentina
topic_facet	Argentina Broiler poultry farm Control Rodent Vegetation Akodon azarae Mus musculus Mus musculus domesticus Rodentia
description	We experimentally assessed the effect of controlling vegetation height along farm perimeters on the abundance of rodents in 2 broiler poultry farms in central Argentina. We carried out an experimental design based on the before-after-control-impact method. After vegetation treatments, there was a significant decrease in rodent abundance at the perimeter of the farm with control of vegetation height because of the reduction of the Pampean grassland mouse Akodon azarae. In poultry houses, there was a significant decrease in rodent abundance on nonaffected farms because of the reduction of the commensal house mouse Mus musculus domesticus, possibly because of a major collocation of rodenticide. Our results indicate that both the control of vegetation growth at the perimeters and the appropriate timing of rodenticide applications are effective measures for rodent control on broiler poultry farms when both control measures are applied simultaneously. We achieved effective rodent control through an understanding of the habitat use and population dynamics of the species involved and the characteristics of the area where the control program would be applied. © 2009 Poultry Science Association, Inc.
author	Gómez Villafañe, Isabel Elisa Miñarro, Fernando O. Bilenca, David Norberto
author_facet	Gómez Villafañe, Isabel Elisa Miñarro, Fernando O. Bilenca, David Norberto
author_sort	Gómez Villafañe, Isabel Elisa
title	Experimental assessment of rodent control on two poultry farms of central Argentina
title_short	Experimental assessment of rodent control on two poultry farms of central Argentina
title_full	Experimental assessment of rodent control on two poultry farms of central Argentina
title_fullStr	Experimental assessment of rodent control on two poultry farms of central Argentina
title_full_unstemmed	Experimental assessment of rodent control on two poultry farms of central Argentina
title_sort	experimental assessment of rodent control on two poultry farms of central argentina
publishDate	2009
url	https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_10566171_v18_n3_p622_GomezVillafane http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_10566171_v18_n3_p622_GomezVillafane
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Experimental assessment of rodent control on two poultry farms of central Argentina

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