Response of wild Mus musculus to baits containing essential oils: II Bromadiolone and difenacoum baits with 0.75% cinnamon oil tested in storages

  • Goran Jokić Institute of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Banatska 31b, 11080 Belgrade
  • Siniša Mitrić University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Agriculture, Bulevar vojvode Petra Bojovica 1A, 78000 Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska
  • Dušan Pejin University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Agriculture, Bulevar vojvode Petra Bojovica 1A, 78000 Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska
  • Tanja Blažić Institute of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Banatska 31b, 11080 Belgrade
  • Suzana Đedović Institute of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Banatska 31b, 11080 Belgrade
  • Bojan Stojnić University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Nemanjina 6, 11080 Belgrade
  • Marina Vukša Institute of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Banatska 31b, 11080 Belgrade
Keywords: Rodenticides, Essential oils, Cinnamon, Storages, House mouse, Attractants,

Abstract


The effects of 0.75 % concentration of cinnamon essential oil on bait attractiveness and
total biological efficacy of bromadiolone and difenacoum rodenticides to the house mouse
were tested in practice.

The experiments were conducted in storages with stable house mouse populations for
which no resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides had been previously reported.

A statistically significant difference was detected between bromadiolone and difenacoum
baits. Consumption of bromadiolone baits supplemented with cinnamon essential oil was 74 % higher than the consumption of bromadiolone baits without cinnamon oil. The average efficacy of bromadiolone baits in controlling house mice was 96 %.


Cinnamon essential oil added to difenacoum baits increased bait consumption by 39 %, i.e. it was 119 % higher than the consumption of oil-free baits. The average efficacy of
difenacoum baits in controlling house mice was 99.5 %.

 

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Published
2018/12/29
Section
Original Scientific Paper