| Summary: | Rodenticides are the preferred option to prevent rodent attacks to cropproduce. However, secondary poisoning and development of shyness andresistance among rodents after exposure to toxic chemicals has increased thesearch for plant based effective, safe and ecofriendly control methods. Inpresent study, repellent and feeding behaviour of house rat in response to 0.4%cinnamamide based formulation was studied using automated Ethovision videotracking system and feed scale consumption monitor. Results revealed absenceof primary repellent effect of cinnamamide formulation but existence of itssecondary repellent effect against house rat. Repellent effect of cinnamamideincreased with time during treatment period. Moreover, during treatmentperiod, rats handled treated bait less frequently as compared to the untreatedbait because feeding bouts events and feeding bout time also decreased duringtreatment period.
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