An attempt to control a natural focus of leptospirosis grippotyphosa by rodenticide--a long-term study (1977-2004)

• Published in: Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 51
• Main Authors: Bakoss, Pavol, Jareková, Jana, Labuda, Milan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Poland Institute of Rural Health 2007
• Subjects: Animal species; Animals; Clethrionomys glareolus; Disease Reservoirs - veterinary; Female; Fever; Leptospira - drug effects; Leptospirosis; Leptospirosis - prevention & control; Leptospirosis - transmission; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Mammals - microbiology; Microtus arvalis; Phosphines - pharmacology; Population Density; Population Dynamics; Rodent Diseases - prevention & control; Rodent Diseases - transmission; Rodentia - microbiology; Rodenticides; Rodenticides - pharmacology; Serology; Tissue culture; Zinc Compounds - pharmacology; Zinc phosphide

The purpose of the study was to suppress a known natural focus of field fever exerting an influence on animal hosts of leptospires--small terrestrial mammals (s.t.m.) by rodenticide. After repeated application of the zinc phosphide rodenticide, the s.t.m. were regularly live-trapped and checked for...