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In poultry farms of central Argentina rodents cause economic losses by the consumption and contamination of chicken food, and also pose a serious sanitary risk as transmitters of several diseases to human and domestic animals, such as leptospirosis, salmonellosis, trichinosis, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, hantavirus renal syndrome, and Argentine hemorrhagic fever. Because one of the problems in controlling rodents is recolonization from the surroundings, we wanted to assess the effect of control measures applied at different spatial scales on rodent abundance in farm sheds. The treatments applied were the following: anticoagulant application in farms and their surroundings (F + S), anticoagulant application only within farms (F), and standard management (C). Rodent abundance was assessed previous to treatments (t0), at the moment of bait removal (t1), and after 15 (t2), 30 (t3), and 60 days (t4). Differences in rodent abundance between t0 and t1, t2, t3, and t4 were compared among treatments by means of a Kruskal Wallis test. We only found significant differences among treatments between t0 and t2, where F and F + S treatments showed differences with respect to the C treatment. This result suggests that the effect of control measures was due to the control of the perimeter, and not of farther areas. Also, reproduction of remaining individuals may have contributed to the population recovery in sheds of experimental farms. We conclude that more effective control must include the perimeter of the farm, but the effect of control of more distant areas may depend on the characteristics of the particular farm, its surroundings, and the ecology of the species involved. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Rodent control at different spatial scales on poultry farms in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Autor:León, V.; Fraschina, J.; Busch, M.
Filiación:Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón II, (C.P.:C1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas, Avenida Rivadavia 1917, C1033AAJ Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:Diseases; Pest control; Population recovery; Poultry farms; Rodents; Argentina; Buenos Aires , Argentina; Control measures; Domestic animals; Economic loss; Hantavirus; Hantavirus pulmonary syndromes; Kruskal; Poultry farms; Re-colonization; Sanitary risks; Spatial scale; Binding sites; Insect control; Mammals; Farms; abundance; bait; disease transmission; domestic species; economic instability; pest control; pesticide application; poultry; rodent; sanitation; spatial analysis; Argentina; Buenos Aires [Argentina]; South America; Animalia; Convict Creek 107 virus; Hantavirus; Rodentia
Año:2009
Volumen:63
Número:8
Página de inicio:1113
Página de fin:1118
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2009.08.004
Título revista:International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
Título revista abreviado:Int. Biodeterior. Biodegrad.
ISSN:09648305
CODEN:IBBIE
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_09648305_v63_n8_p1113_Leon

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León, V., Fraschina, J. & Busch, M. (2009) . Rodent control at different spatial scales on poultry farms in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 63(8), 1113-1118.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2009.08.004
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León, V., Fraschina, J., Busch, M. "Rodent control at different spatial scales on poultry farms in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina" . International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 63, no. 8 (2009) : 1113-1118.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2009.08.004
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León, V., Fraschina, J., Busch, M. "Rodent control at different spatial scales on poultry farms in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina" . International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, vol. 63, no. 8, 2009, pp. 1113-1118.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2009.08.004
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León, V., Fraschina, J., Busch, M. Rodent control at different spatial scales on poultry farms in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Int. Biodeterior. Biodegrad. 2009;63(8):1113-1118.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2009.08.004