Rodent control at different spatial scales on poultry farms in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
In poultry farms of central Argentina rodents cause economic losses by the consumption and contamination of chicken food, and also pose a serious sanitary risk as transmitters of several diseases to human and domestic animals, such as leptospirosis, salmonellosis, trichinosis, hantavirus pulmonary s...
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paper:paper_09648305_v63_n8_p1113_Leon2023-06-08T15:58:35Z Rodent control at different spatial scales on poultry farms in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina León, Vanina Andrea Fraschina, Jimena Busch, Maria Diseases Pest control Population recovery Poultry farms Rodents Argentina Buenos Aires , Argentina Control measures Domestic animals Economic loss Hantavirus Hantavirus pulmonary syndromes Kruskal Poultry farms Re-colonization Sanitary risks Spatial scale Binding sites Insect control Mammals Farms abundance bait disease transmission domestic species economic instability pest control pesticide application poultry rodent sanitation spatial analysis Argentina Buenos Aires [Argentina] South America Animalia Convict Creek 107 virus Hantavirus Rodentia In poultry farms of central Argentina rodents cause economic losses by the consumption and contamination of chicken food, and also pose a serious sanitary risk as transmitters of several diseases to human and domestic animals, such as leptospirosis, salmonellosis, trichinosis, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, hantavirus renal syndrome, and Argentine hemorrhagic fever. Because one of the problems in controlling rodents is recolonization from the surroundings, we wanted to assess the effect of control measures applied at different spatial scales on rodent abundance in farm sheds. The treatments applied were the following: anticoagulant application in farms and their surroundings (F + S), anticoagulant application only within farms (F), and standard management (C). Rodent abundance was assessed previous to treatments (t0), at the moment of bait removal (t1), and after 15 (t2), 30 (t3), and 60 days (t4). Differences in rodent abundance between t0 and t1, t2, t3, and t4 were compared among treatments by means of a Kruskal Wallis test. We only found significant differences among treatments between t0 and t2, where F and F + S treatments showed differences with respect to the C treatment. This result suggests that the effect of control measures was due to the control of the perimeter, and not of farther areas. Also, reproduction of remaining individuals may have contributed to the population recovery in sheds of experimental farms. We conclude that more effective control must include the perimeter of the farm, but the effect of control of more distant areas may depend on the characteristics of the particular farm, its surroundings, and the ecology of the species involved. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Fil:León, V. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Fraschina, J. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Busch, M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2009 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_09648305_v63_n8_p1113_Leon http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09648305_v63_n8_p1113_Leon |
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Diseases Pest control Population recovery Poultry farms Rodents Argentina Buenos Aires , Argentina Control measures Domestic animals Economic loss Hantavirus Hantavirus pulmonary syndromes Kruskal Poultry farms Re-colonization Sanitary risks Spatial scale Binding sites Insect control Mammals Farms abundance bait disease transmission domestic species economic instability pest control pesticide application poultry rodent sanitation spatial analysis Argentina Buenos Aires [Argentina] South America Animalia Convict Creek 107 virus Hantavirus Rodentia |
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Diseases Pest control Population recovery Poultry farms Rodents Argentina Buenos Aires , Argentina Control measures Domestic animals Economic loss Hantavirus Hantavirus pulmonary syndromes Kruskal Poultry farms Re-colonization Sanitary risks Spatial scale Binding sites Insect control Mammals Farms abundance bait disease transmission domestic species economic instability pest control pesticide application poultry rodent sanitation spatial analysis Argentina Buenos Aires [Argentina] South America Animalia Convict Creek 107 virus Hantavirus Rodentia León, Vanina Andrea Fraschina, Jimena Busch, Maria Rodent control at different spatial scales on poultry farms in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Diseases Pest control Population recovery Poultry farms Rodents Argentina Buenos Aires , Argentina Control measures Domestic animals Economic loss Hantavirus Hantavirus pulmonary syndromes Kruskal Poultry farms Re-colonization Sanitary risks Spatial scale Binding sites Insect control Mammals Farms abundance bait disease transmission domestic species economic instability pest control pesticide application poultry rodent sanitation spatial analysis Argentina Buenos Aires [Argentina] South America Animalia Convict Creek 107 virus Hantavirus Rodentia |
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In poultry farms of central Argentina rodents cause economic losses by the consumption and contamination of chicken food, and also pose a serious sanitary risk as transmitters of several diseases to human and domestic animals, such as leptospirosis, salmonellosis, trichinosis, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, hantavirus renal syndrome, and Argentine hemorrhagic fever. Because one of the problems in controlling rodents is recolonization from the surroundings, we wanted to assess the effect of control measures applied at different spatial scales on rodent abundance in farm sheds. The treatments applied were the following: anticoagulant application in farms and their surroundings (F + S), anticoagulant application only within farms (F), and standard management (C). Rodent abundance was assessed previous to treatments (t0), at the moment of bait removal (t1), and after 15 (t2), 30 (t3), and 60 days (t4). Differences in rodent abundance between t0 and t1, t2, t3, and t4 were compared among treatments by means of a Kruskal Wallis test. We only found significant differences among treatments between t0 and t2, where F and F + S treatments showed differences with respect to the C treatment. This result suggests that the effect of control measures was due to the control of the perimeter, and not of farther areas. Also, reproduction of remaining individuals may have contributed to the population recovery in sheds of experimental farms. We conclude that more effective control must include the perimeter of the farm, but the effect of control of more distant areas may depend on the characteristics of the particular farm, its surroundings, and the ecology of the species involved. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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León, Vanina Andrea Fraschina, Jimena Busch, Maria |
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León, Vanina Andrea Fraschina, Jimena Busch, Maria |
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León, Vanina Andrea |
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Rodent control at different spatial scales on poultry farms in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Rodent control at different spatial scales on poultry farms in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Rodent control at different spatial scales on poultry farms in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Rodent control at different spatial scales on poultry farms in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Rodent control at different spatial scales on poultry farms in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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rodent control at different spatial scales on poultry farms in the province of buenos aires, argentina |
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2009 |
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