Pest Management Professional, September 2012
Advanced technology Effective control ADVERTORIAL Now as new wax free soft bait increases in popularity with both rodents and pest management professionals alike its becoming the preferred choice for the future History But how did we get to this point In the past as far back as medieval times rodent controllers created their own concoctions of grains seeds and other foods dosed with various poisons With concerns about risks to children and non target animals bait aversion avoidance of something unappealing or bait shyness avoidance of something which after eating quickly made them sick modern rodenticide manufacturers have developed a series of product improvements Over time different dry bait as opposed to liquid and tracking powder formulations were developed to meet the changing needs of the rodent control industry Meal formulations were the fi rst They are very palatable but are not weather resistant and are diffi cult to make tamper resistant Pellet formulations improved the weather resistance a bit but did not improve the tamper resistance Meal and pellets in place packs provided dose control and convenience Eventually blends of grains fl avorings and other ingredients with melted paraffi n wax were poured into molds to form blocks Later extrusion technology resulted in more effi cient wax block manufacturing As new active ingredients were developed rodenticides became signifi cantly more palatable Wax block baits were effective to varying degrees but the high concentration of wax contributed to bait aversion and other problems RODENTICIDE REVOLUTION SOFT BAIT Rodenticides have come a long way since the days of high risk toxicants such as arsenic cyanide and Compound 1080 As the needs of the pest management professional have changed new options have been developed to meet the demands of convenient servicing and quick effective rodent control Liquid Bait Tracking Powder Bulk Meal Bulk Pellets
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