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Systematic surveillance tools to reduce rodent pests in disadvantaged urban areas can empower communities and improve public health

open access: yesScientific Reports
Rodents are notorious pests, known for transmitting major public health diseases and causing agricultural and economic losses. The lack of site-specific and national standardised rodent surveillance in several disadvantaged communities has rendered ...
A. M. Awoniyi   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rodent control operations against zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Iran

open access: yesAnnals of Saudi Medicine, 2005
BACKGROUND Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) is a serious and increasing public health problem in many rural areas of Iran. Previous studies showed that rodent control operations are effective in destroying rodents and reducing the incidence of ZCL ...
M. Y. Ershadi   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Bioeconomics of Controlling an African Rodent Pest Species [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper treats the economy of controlling an African pest rodent, the multimammate rat, causing major damage in maize production. An ecological population model is presented and used as a basis for the economic analyses carried out at the village level
Anders Skonhoft   +4 more
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Small animals census and control on a hardwood plantation [PDF]

open access: yes, 1974
For centuries, man has been at conflict with and has suffered untold crop losses to ubiquitous small mammals. Such losses may range from unnoticed removal of vegetation in hay and grain fields to 95 - 99 percent losses in unprotected orchards or forest ...
Radvanyi, Andrew
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Effect of environmental factors on the abundance variations of two native rodents in agricultural systems of Buenos Aires, Argentina [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Our aim was to assess the effect of environmental factors on short temporal abundance variations of the two most abundant native rodents of agricultural agroecosystems, Akodon azarae and Calomys laucha.
Busch, Maria   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Control of the house mouse (Mus musculus L.) in the Netherlands [PDF]

open access: yes, 1978
Rodent control in the Netherlands is carried out by local authorities, extermination companies or the owners of infested premises. The control of the house mouse, especially in food-handling establishments, is a problem that has existed for some years ...
Bosman, Bart T.
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Feline Farmhands: The Value of Working Cats to Australian Dairy Farmers—A Case for Tax Deductibility

open access: yesAnimals
Rodents play a role in the spread of disease and cause immense damage to produce and infrastructure, leading to food safety risks and economic losses for farmers.
Caitlin Crawford   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Purr-Suasive Case for Sterilization: How Sterilizing Working Cats Supports Dairy Farmers’ Wellbeing, Improves Animal Welfare, and Benefits the Environment

open access: yesAnimals
Rodents on farms are a substantial issue due to the damage they cause to produce and infrastructure, and the risk they pose to food safety. As a result, farmers need to control rodent populations around farms.
Caitlin Crawford   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yes, 2009
SUMMARY 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.
I. E. G. Villafañe   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevention and treatment of parasitic infections in organic pigs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Organic and free range pigs are potentially exposed to a wider range of parasites and zoonotic challenges. The livestock Subproject QLIF addresses 4 strategies to combat these challenges, and the present paper describes the initial results.
Kijlstra, H. A.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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