Efficacy of Zinc Phosphide and Strychnine for Black-tailed Prairie Dog Control
Uresk DW, King RM, Apa AD, Linder RL. 1986. Efficacy of Zinc Phosphide and Strychnine for Black-tailed Prairie Dog Control. Journal of Range Management. 39(4):298-299
Three rodenticide treatments, zinc phosphide (prebaited) and strychnine (both with and without prebait), were evaluated immediately following treatment for efficacy of controlling black-tailed prairie dogs in western South Dakota. Active prairie dog burrows were reduced 95% with zinc phosphide, 83% with strychnine (prebaited), and 45% with strychnine without prebait. Zinc phosphide was the most effective in reducing active burrows of prairie dogs.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Uresk, Daniel; King, Rudy; Apa, Anthony; Linder, Raymond
- Units
- BADL
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Natural Resource Management, Population Control, Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), rodenticides