Rat reduction with indigenous methods

• Main Author: Deoras, P. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 1972
• Subjects: INDIA; rodent control; ROOF RAT; ZINC PHOSPHIDE; BANDICOTA BENGALENSIS; BANDICOTA INDICA; GOLUNDA ELLIOTI; MUS BOODUGA; SUNCUS MURINUS; Rattus rattus; trapping; rodenticide; aluminum phosphide; BHC dust repellent; malathion spray repellent; Burrows
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3sn8p8vj

Rat reduction measures were done in 171 villages of Panvel Block in Kolaba District of Maharashtra State, India. It started with rat preventive measures to doors and windows and the spraying of BHC and Malathion around bamboo matting huts. With the onset of rains trapping was done by “Deoras traps”...