Innovative methods of deratization in poultry farming

Abstract

Mouse-like rodents carry about 200 pathogens of various infectious and invasive diseases that are dangerous to humans and pets. On poultry farms, bait stations with poisonous substances, glue traps, and mechanical traps are used to control rodents. Sometimes, chemical methods and mechanical ones should be combined. The research goal is to study the methods of application of modern rodenticides on the poultry farm of the OOO “APF Eniseyskaya” of the Biyskiy District of the Altai Region and to compare their effectiveness. Experimental studies were carried out in 2022; 12 poultry farm buildings were involved in the experiment; 6 bait stations were located in each of the buildings. The effectiveness of deratization was taken into account by the largest number of captured or dead rodents. To compare the effectiveness of rodenticides, 3 trial and one control groups were formed. In the first trial group, Tsunami rodenticide was used in briquettes; in the 2nd trial group, Ratimor rodenticide was used in briquettes, in the 3^rd trial group - Ratimor rodenticide in grains. Rodenticides were laid out in bait boxes. In the fourth (control) group, only glue and mechanical traps were used to count rodents, no baits were used. After deratization, 30 captured and dead rodents were found within one month, of those house mice (Mus musculus) accounted for 90%, and Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) - 10%. The most effective rodenticide, taking into account the number of mouse-like rodents caught and killed in the buildings of the poultry farm after deratization is Ratimor rodenticide in grains. Rodenticide in grains for mice and rats is the most eaten, and soft Ratimor briquettes and Tsunami briquettes are eaten by rodents less readily. To successfully combat mouse-like rodents on a poultry farm, a complex of veterinary and sanitary measures should be used with the use of rodenticidal agents based on anticoagulants together with mechanical traps.