Trapping and Killing Experiment of Thiacloprid Bait and Bisultap Bait on <i>Ceracris kiangsu</i>

Rabbit bait-take from plastic bait stations

Plastic bait stations were trialled to assess their usefulness as a rabbit control tool. Non-toxic cereal baits were applied at two 171 ha Mackenzie Basin sites, at one site in stations and at the other site spread directly on the ground. Bait-take at each site was measured. Rhodamine-dyed baits were also used to determine the proportion of rabbits at each site that took bait. Bait-take, and th...

Smarter Baits: the Effects of Stress on Bait Aversion and Options to Avoid the Development of Bait Aversions

In poisoning operations, sublethal consumption of the toxin, can produce bait aversion. This decreases the effect of the poisoning and may create problems due to the presence of uneaten toxin in the environment. The use of new bait additives may prevent aversion development. Here I report the effects of two bait additives, corticosterone and mifepristone, in altering bait aversion development i...

Editorial: A Discussion of Bait and Switch

Criteria for Rodent Bait Selection

World food shortages become more acute each year, and all too often, rodents are present to take their unwarranted share. To counter this, we must refine our rodent control methods to make them more efficient. To this end, correct bait selection is essential. Grain baits must be selected for purity and acceptability. Grain alterations must be carefully controlled, as well as any additives. Mult...

Proteomes take the electrophilic bait.

Proteomics researchers are constantly on the lookout for new and better ways to fractionate their samples since the mind-numbing complexity of virtually any proteome easily defeats the ability of even the most advanced mass spectrometers or other instruments to “see” all of the molecules in the sample. In this issue of Nature Chemical Biology, Weerapana et al. report new chemical tools for this...