How Long to Read Bait Station Preferences of Ship Rats

How Long Does it Take to Read Bait Station Preferences of Ship Rats?

It takes the average reader and 21 minutes to read Bait Station Preferences of Ship Rats by E. B. Spurr

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Department of Conservation (DOC) surveillance programmes to detect rodent invasions on rodent-free islands currently involve observation of rodent interference with toxic baits in bait stations. Different DOC Conservancies use different types of bait station. We monitored the behavioural responses of 24 wildcaught captive ship rats (Rattus rattus) to four currently used bait station types; yellow plastic pipe, wooden box ("rat motel"), wooden tunnel, and white plastic Philproof bait stations. The bait stations contained non-toxic bait similar to the toxic bait used in surveillance programmes. More than 75% of the rats entered the yellow plastic pipe, wooden box, and wooden tunnel bait stations, but fewer than 10% entered the Philproof bait stations. Rats ate bait from the first three bait station types but not from the latter. The average amount of bait eaten per night by the rats that ate bait (0.8 g) was not enough for a lethal dose for 50% of the population if the baits had contained 20 ppm, or even 50 ppm, brodifacoum. On the basis of these results, DOC should use yellow plastic pipe, wooden box, or wooden tunnel bait stations rather than Philproof bait stations for surveillance for ship rats. However, other bait station types and the responses of kiore (R. exulans) and house mouse (Mus musculus) to different bait stations should be tested before any final decision is made on the best type to use in multispecies rodent surveillance programmes.

How long is Bait Station Preferences of Ship Rats?

Bait Station Preferences of Ship Rats by E. B. Spurr is 21 pages long, and a total of 5,271 words.

This makes it 7% the length of the average book. It also has 6% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Bait Station Preferences of Ship Rats Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 28 minutes to read Bait Station Preferences of Ship Rats aloud.

What Reading Level is Bait Station Preferences of Ship Rats?

Bait Station Preferences of Ship Rats is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

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