Sked Shannon, Abbar Salehe, Cooper Richard, Corrigan Robert, Pan Xiaodan, Ranabhat Sabita, Wang Changlu
Department of Entomology, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, 96 Lipman Dr., New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
RMC Pest Management Consulting, LLC, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510, USA.
Animals (Basel). 2021 Mar 1;11(3):648. doi: 10.3390/ani11030648.
The house mouse, , is a common pest in multi-family residential apartment buildings. This study was designed to gain insights into residents' impressions of house mice, develop more effective house mouse detection methods, and evaluate the effectiveness of building-wide house mouse management programs. Two high-rise apartment buildings in New Jersey were selected for this study during 2019-2020. Bait stations with three different non-toxic baits were used to detect house mouse activity. Two rodenticides (FirstStrike-0.0025% difethialone and Contrac-0.005% bromadiolone) were applied by researchers over a 63-day period and pest control operations were then returned to pest control contractors for rodent management. There were significant differences in the consumption rates of non-toxic baits and two toxic baits tested. A novel non-toxic bait, chocolate spread, was much more sensitive than the two commercial non-toxic baits for detecting mouse activity. The house mouse management programs resulted in an average 87% reduction in the number of infested apartments after three months. At 12 months, the number of infestations decreased by 94% in one building, but increased by 26% in the second building. Sustainable control of house mouse infestations requires the use of effective monitoring strategies and control programs coupled with preventative measures.
家鼠（Mus musculus）是多户住宅公寓楼中常见的害虫。本研究旨在深入了解居民对家鼠的印象，开发更有效的家鼠检测方法，并评估整栋楼家鼠管理计划的有效性。2019年至2020年期间，在新泽西州选择了两栋高层公寓楼进行本研究。使用装有三种不同无毒诱饵的诱饵站来检测家鼠活动。研究人员在63天的时间内施用了两种灭鼠剂（FirstStrike-0.0025%敌鼠酮和Contrac-0.005%溴敌隆），然后将灭鼠作业交还给害虫防治承包商进行啮齿动物管理。所测试的无毒诱饵和两种有毒诱饵的消耗率存在显著差异。一种新型无毒诱饵巧克力酱在检测小鼠活动方面比两种商业无毒诱饵灵敏得多。家鼠管理计划实施三个月后，受感染公寓的数量平均减少了87%。在12个月时，其中一栋楼的感染数量减少了94%，但另一栋楼却增加了26%。对家鼠感染进行可持续控制需要使用有效的监测策略和控制计划，并辅以预防措施。
